Persian Lullaby
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Dafna, the 40-year old single mother of a newborn boy, arrives at her parents’ home a few days before her baby’s brit (circumcision). Her father, an elderly Persian Jew, repeatedly snubs Dafna, noting coldly that "a baby needs a father.” In the week leading up to the brit, past conflicts between Dafna and her father are revisited, and new tensions are heightened. Will Dafna's father agree to be the sandak (godfather) of his first grandson?
Crew
Director:
Keren Hakak
Screenwriter:
Keren Hakak
Cinematographer:
Boaz Shahak
Editor:
Hadas Kahana-Schlissel
Cast
Screenings & Prizes
Religion Today Film Festival, Trento Italy 2010
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival 2010
Jewish Fillm Festival, Jerusalem 2009
Sepharadic Jewish Film Festival, Los Angeles 2012
2010 Drama
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