Coachella Valley Premiere -One Time Screening
Co-Sponsored with CINEMA DIVERSE
This heartfelt drama follows the story of a family drawn into crisis after the parents discover their child is secretly a cross-dresser and kick him out of the house. Years later, when the father is dying, the mother hires a private detective to track him down.
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For the first time in the history of Israeli cinema, a feature film dealing with parents coping with their transgendered child. “Melting Away” has been conceived after the brutal murder at the Tel Aviv LGBT Youth Center and the deep shock felt by Doron Eran, director, and his partner, screenwriter Bili Ben Moshe after hearing of parents refusing to visit their injured kids at the hospital. |
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Complimentary to Desert Film Society members -or- $13.00 at Camelot’s Box Office. |
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Awards: Audience Award at the Shalom Europa IFF, France 2012
Festivals: Boston Jewish Film Festival, USA 2012 |
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Credits: |
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| Directors: Doron Eran Producer: Doron Eran, Moshe & Leon Edri, Billi Ben Moshe Produced with the help of: Israeli Film Fund Screenplay: Billi Ben Moshe Cinematographer: Daniel Kedem Editor: Reut Haan Sound designer: Itamar Cohen Music: Danni Reichental Art Designer: Yoram Shayer Cast: Hen Yanni, Limor Goldstein, Ami Weinberg Original Language: Hebrew |
