FIG TREE
synopsis
14 year old Jewish Mina, is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her family is planning to immigrate to Israel and escape the war, she weaves an alternate plan in order to save Eli. But in times of war, plans tend to go wrong. Marsha's coming of age film debut film is based on her childhood memories of a civil-war-torn Ethiopia.
international title: | Fig Tree |
original title: | Etz Teena |
country: | Israel, Germany, France, Ethiopia |
sales agent: | Films Boutique |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian |
film run: | 93' |
release date: | IL 7/08/2018 |
screenplay: | Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian |
cast: | Betalehem Asmamawe, Yohanes Muse, Weyenshiet Belachew, Mareta Getachew, Mitiku Haylu, Kidest G/Selasse, Tilahune Asagere, Rodas Gizaw |
cinematography by: | Daniel Miller |
film editing: | Arik Lahav-Leibovich |
art director: | Danny Avshalom |
costumes designer: | Marine Galliano |
music: | John Gürtler, Jan Miserre |
producer: | Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari |
co-producer: | Sandrine Brauer, Felix Eisele |
line producer: | Ran Friedberg, Jakob Neuhäusser |
production: | AV Medien Penrose GmbH, En Compagnie des Lamas, Black Sheep Film Productions (IL) |