SideWalk
"An intimate and enchanting film that peels the years off the grown-up viewer."
YNET
"A heart-rending collage of an innocent and vulnerable childhood loaded with dreams and fears ... superb!"
Makor Rishon
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Read StorylineThe three Darwish brothers, who immigrated from Iraq to Israel in the 50’s, established the family factory “Fantasia” - a menorah factory. For a time period of 50 years they designed, manufactured and shipped Chanukah menorahs for the entire world and now…the family factory is about to close down. From this point in time, the director, who is the son of the youngest brother, is starting to embark on a journey that unravels the history of his family, going back 100 years. The story weaves memories from Iraq and Israel - two homelands, two languages, two identities, two enemies. The director is trying to reconstruct the narrative of his family, a narrative that has disappeared in the silence and shame that followed the family move to Israel. The father’s silence is finally broken by the director’s relentless inquiries, which reveal a story about 5 lost years of his father in the Iraqi prison. It is a diary film shot over a period of 10 years.
Documentary | Israel | 2007
57 min
Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish
Subtitles: English
I was influenced by Joseph Campbell's books, about the story patterns of mythology; how there is actually one story that is told a million times in a million shapes. I think you can see that all of my films have a similar syntax and a similar way of looking at the characters and their journey, even if they are impressionistic films like SideWalk.
At a symbolic level, all seven characters in the film converge into one character: a child. Each child represents a particular layer of this child, created from all of them.
Director: Duki Dror
Producers: Yael Shavit and Roni Izhak
Script: Galia Engelmayer Dror
Cinematography: Philippe Bellaiche
Editor: Hadara Oren
Original Score: Haim Frank Ilfman
