[SSPLI] | 2007 | 22 min | Short Narrative
Directed by: Lior Geller
IsraelNorth American Premiere
Interests: Drama, Middle Eastern, Social IssuesThirteen-year-old Ismayil works for the most powerful drug dealer in the Arab city of Lod; Daniel, a traumatized Israeli ex-soldier, often buys drugs from Ismayil, trying to escape his own reality. When Ismayil's little brother is hired to help him with a sell, he decides he's had enough, and in a frantic encounter deep in the city slums, Ismayil and Daniel find in each other a way out of their respective hells.