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Bookmark this pageNina's Tragedies (2003)
Director: Savi Gabizon
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From Time Out New York
More rueful than comedic, this melodramatic Israeli dramedy from Israeli writer-director Savi Gavizon balances tart observations of love's eccentricities with the frail, introspective world of adolescent yearning. Unengaged at school and alienated from his recently separated parents, 14-year-old Nadav (Elkabets) spends most nights spying on his foxy Aunt Nina (Zurer), dutifully recording his obsessive, masturbatory fantasies in a secret diary. After Nina experiences a family tragedy, their dynamic shifts. Although some of his plot devices strain at times, Gavizon demonstrates a palpable tenderness for human shortcomings of all kinds.Author: DS
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Cast & crew
Director: Savi Gabizon
Producer: Anat Assoulin
Cast: Ayelet July Zurer, Aviv Elkabets, Yoram Hatav, Shmil Ben-Ari, Anat Waxman, Alon Aboutboul, Dov Navon full cast
Duration: 110 mins
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