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Ewa
אווה
Directed byHaim Tabakman
Written byHaim Tabakman
Amit Ron
Orly Ben Nun
Produced byDavid Silber
Ronen Ben Tal
Kristina Larsen
Ewa Puszczyńska
Hanneke Van der Tas
StarringAvi Kushnir
Efrat Ben Zur
Gil Frank
CinematographyAxel Schneppat
Edited byDov Steuer
Music byEfrat Ben Zur
Wojciech Lemański
Production
companies
United King Films
Plan B Productions
Distributed byPeccadillo Pictures
Release dates
  • May 20, 2009 (2009-05-20) (Cannes)
  • September 3, 2009 (2009-09-03) (Israel)
Running time85 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew

Ewa (Hebrew: עיניים פקוחות,) is a 2016 Israeli drama film. The film was directed by Haim Tabakman, who previously directed Eyes Wide Open. It centres on a love triangle and the chasm between native-born Jewish Israelis, known as Sabras and the European Jewish Holocaust survivors that arrived in Israel after the Second World War as refugees. The film is a co-production with France and Germany's Arte and Poland's Polish Film Institute. The film was released theatrically in Israel in 2016, followed by a theatrical release in France on . It aired on Arte in France and Germany in 2020.

Plot

Yoel, a Sabra lives a contented life in a rural idyll in Israel with his Polish Holocaust survivor wife, Eva. Unexpectedly, he comes across a letter from the bank, detailing an apartment that he and his wife own. It emerges that a traumatized Polish Holocaust survivor, Emil, lives in the apartment, where he is frequently visited by Ewa, where they engage in an affair. It soon emerges that Emil and Ewa were married in Poland, with Ewa believing that her husband had died in the concentration camps. Emil emerges alive years later in Israel and reestablished a relationship with his wife.

Cast

  • Avi Kushnir as Yoel Keenan
  • Efrat Ben Zur as Ewa, Yoel's wife, a Polish Holocaust survivor
  • Gil Frank as Emil, Ewa's first husband, he was believed to have died in the concentration camps, but later emerged in Israel
  • Gaia Shalita Katz as Yehidt, Yoel and Ewa's adult daughter
  • Aryeh Hasfari as Young singer

References

  1. Ewa UK Jewish Film Festival. Retrieved on 19 January 2025
  2. Ewa Unifrance. Retrieved on 19 January 2025

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