The Day After I'm Gone () is a 2019 Israeli drama film, a low-budget debut of the director and screenwriter Nimrod Eldar ().The Day After I'm Gone review – stylish study of a grieving father and daughter, The Guardianהיום שאחרי לכתי (2019) The day after i'm gone
Synopsys Yoram, a middle-aged man, a veterinary at the Ramat Gan Safari, had lost his wife, and is recovering from this, but he retreated into himself and fails to communicate with his teenage daughter Roni. After she attempts to commit suicide, he takes her on a several day vacation to visit the relatives of the family's mother, and this restores the links between the two. The title of the film refers to the dialog discussing what would have happened if Roni died.
Production In 2015 the film received an award from Sam Spiegel Film and Television School's First Feature Fund while the film was in development. The award citation says "For unconventional and stylish writing, dense and powerful, intimate and direct, of a journey of a single father and his daughter towards each other, two lost Israeli characters, who undergo a fascinating process of self- and mutual discovery".פרס בסך 100 אלף דולר לסרט "היום שאחרי לכתי" מטעם קרן של סם שפיגל, Haaretz The film was also supported by the Israel Film Fund.היום שאחרי לכתי
It was bought for distribution in the United States by HBO.
Reception Critics note that the film is promising in the beginning, but it lacks a proper resolution."היום שאחרי לכתי": מתחיל כהבטחה ונגמר באכזבה, ynet In particular, Yael Shove comments that Yoram seems to remain the same, stiff, grumpy person and notes that the character of Roni is underdeveloped.סרטו של נמרוד אלדר מרוויח ממשחק טוב והרבה רגעים יפים, אבל כמה רחוק אפשר ללכת עם דמות שלא מתפתחת?
The film was screened at a number of festivals and nominated for a number of awards. Of these, it received a special jury diploma at Molodist film festival Kyiv, Ukraine The Day After I'm GoneНаступного дня, як мене не стане (2019) היום שאחרי לאחת and Young Film Critics Award at Transatlantyk Festival, Lodz, Poland.FESTIVALS: The 9th Transatlantyk IFF Announces Winners
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