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Under the Domim Tree

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In the summer of 1953, three young Holocaust survivors arrive at a new Israeli youth camp alongside Israeli-born Aviya (Kaipo Cohen), whose mother, Henya (Gila Almagor), fled Europe before the Nazis came, but who is tormented by false memories of the Holocaust. Aviya develops a relationship with Yurek (Ohad Knoller), who hid from the Nazis for two years in a forest with his younger brother. Meanwhile, Yola (Orli Perl) insists that the couple who come to claim her are not her parents.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com This film,a follow-up to Gila Almagor's memori film Summer of Aviya, portrays in an emotionally touching way the Holocaust anguish, see through the eyes of the tragedy's most helpless and innocent victims, children. Rated: B Sep 1, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A slightly less valuable film than Summer of Aviya, Under the Domim Tree is an unfortunately pedestrian treatment of life on a kibbutz that is unfortunately not terribly compelling. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Contrary to common opinion, I actually liked it much more then 'The summer of Aviya'. The ghost of the great war is much more visible here, among surviving kids trying to form a working kibutz. There are plenty of different reactions to moving into a new country and starting a new life as a teenager with difficult past, and the film portraits them nicely, even if turns out to be a bit too idealistic while doing it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Eli Cohen

Director

Kaipo Cohen

Aviya

Gila Almagor

Mother

Riki Blich

Mira

Orli Perl

Yola

Ohad Knoller

Yurek

Movie Info

Synopsis In the summer of 1953, three young Holocaust survivors arrive at a new Israeli youth camp alongside Israeli-born Aviya (Kaipo Cohen), whose mother, Henya (Gila Almagor), fled Europe before the Nazis came, but who is tormented by false memories of the Holocaust. Aviya develops a relationship with Yurek (Ohad Knoller), who hid from the Nazis for two years in a forest with his younger brother. Meanwhile, Yola (Orli Perl) insists that the couple who come to claim her are not her parents.
Director
Eli Cohen
Producer
Gila Almagor, Eitan Evan
Screenwriter
Gila Almagor, Eli Cohen, Richard S. Sheridan
Distributor
Curb Entertainment, Strand Releasing, Orion Pictures
Production Co
H.S.A.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hebrew
Release Date (Theaters)
May 17, 1996, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 14, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.7K
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR