JIFF: More Than I Deserve

Nominated for 7 Ophir Awards, this Jerusalem Film Festival Award Winner reflects uncommon emotional depth in its nuanced portrayal of the plight of immigrants to Israel. 

In this finely textured coming-of-age drama, a single immigrant mother and her son are deeply affected by their relationship with a religious neighbour. 

Twelve-year-old Pinhas is mostly alone while his Ukrainian mom works to make ends meet. When the boy asks permission to join classmates in bar mitzvah studies, frazzled Tamara, who resists religion, refuses. To her dismay, Pinhas turns to their religious neighbour for help, the new relationship changing all three lives in unforeseen ways.

Rating

E

Language

Hebrew, Russian (English subtitles)

Cast

Micha Prudovsky, Anna Dubrovitsky, Jacob Zada Daniel

Director

Pini Tavger