A film by Brandon Kramer. Starts October 16th at the fsk. In English aud Hebrew with German subtitles.

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A film that is shot tru­ly open-endedly, in the thick of it, even though – at the out­set – it was impos­si­ble to pre­dict what would hap­pen. Liat is for­ci­b­ly abduc­ted from her kib­butz by mem­bers of Hamas on 7 October 2023 and short­ly after­wards Brandon Kramer starts film­ing with her fami­ly. He’s right the­re with them, up clo­se, as the par­ents Yehuda and Chaya try to deal with their fear – or to sway the fate of their adult daugh­ter and her hus­band in dia­lo­gue with the aut­ho­ri­ties. As a US citi­zen, Yehuda flies to the USA, accom­pa­nied by Liat’s son, who is bur­den­ed by more than the public atten­ti­on, and Liat’s sis­ter, who will try to cushion Yehuda’s tem­per and anger. Because even within this fami­ly views are pola­ri­sed: despi­te his pain, the father takes a cri­ti­cal view of Israel’s role in the Middle East con­flict. He is a paci­fist and will not be dis­sua­ded from the path of recon­ci­lia­ti­on, even at the geo­po­li­ti­cal epi­cent­re of diplo­ma­cy and trau­ma. He per­sis­t­ent­ly swims against the tide, takes issue with hims­elf and ever­yo­ne else and bera­tes the Israeli govern­ment. A can­did film of the hour. Insights don’t come from poli­tics, but from Liat’s family.

Credits:

US 2025, 97 Min., Englisch, Hebräisch OmU
Regie: Brandon Kramer
Kamera: Yoni Brook, Omer Manor
Schnitt: Jeff Gilbert

Trailer:

Holding Liat Official Trailer

Im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln.

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