7 Minutes In Heaven
Omri Givon
out of competition
One morning, Galia and her boyfriend, Oren, board a local Jerusalem bus packed with passengers. One of them is a suicide bomber. After the explosion, Galia is left with severe burns and memory loss; she lacks all recollection of the day of the terrorist attack and the ones leading up to it. Oren is knocked into a coma.
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rendezô/director: Omri Givon , f/sc: Omri Givon, o/ph: Nitai Netzer, z/m: Adrien Blaise, v/ed: Rotem Shamir, h/sd: Chen Harpaz, Madácsi Imre, d/a.d.: Li Levi, j/cost: Anat Dhari, Miki Steinberg, Moran Agaki, sze/cast: Reymond Amsalem, Eldad Fribas, Nadav Nates, Benjamin Jagendorf, r.assz/ass.dir.: Oded Raz, gy/p.m.: Faix Tamás, p/p: Marek Rozenbaum, Eile Meirovitz, Itai Tamir, Michael Rozenbaum, Pusztai Ferenc, támogató/supported by: Israel Film Fund, Ministry of Education-Culture and Sports, Israeli Film Council, Israeli Fund for Film Production, gyártó/p.c.: Transfax Film Productions (Izrael), EZ Films (Franciaország), KMH Film, 2008, színes/colour, 94 perc/mins, 35 mm, DolbySR
The film begins one year after the attack, on the day of Oren's death. As Galia undergoes physical and psychological therapy, she attempts to stitch together the shattered fragments of her life and soul.
A cherished necklace, returned to her by an unidentified sender sets her off on a journey to find the missing pieces of the puzzle from that horrific day.
