Red Leaves Screening - 19.05.15
The 12th annual Sheba Film Festival features new films from Ethiopia and Israel.
Red Leavis
Director: Bazi Gete and Haggai Arad (Israel) 80 min
Amharic, Hebrew, English
Meseganio Tadela, 74, is a hard, obstinate, and nervous man. He immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia 28 years ago with his family. He has chosen to zealously retain his culture, talks very little, and hardly speaks Hebrew. After losing his wife, he is afraid of dying and being alone. Meseganio sets out on a journey that leads him through his children's homes. He comes to realize that he belongs to a rapidly disappearing class that believes in retaining Ethiopian culture. The harsh reality hits him in the face. Having come to know some of life's new realities, he tries to survive according to his own ways.
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