A middle-aged man and his father are both professors of Talmudic research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. There are bad feelings as the younger man has received more praise than his father in their respective careers.
The film has a major challenge: how to make the subject of academia interesting to a majority of viewers who are not academic. This limitation shows at times especially in dialogues of details of the research.
Luckily, the film works quite well within these limitations especially with two major scenes. One involves a confrontational meeting that is called to deal with a major gaffe. The scene is so well played (especially by actor Lior Ashkenazi, seen in many Israeli films) that it even has a thriller quality to it. The other scene includes a shocking betrayal.
With these powerful scenes and the usage of clever directing techniques, this film does well in drawing interest to a subject that would otherwise have had limited appeal. - dbamateurcritic
The film has a major challenge: how to make the subject of academia interesting to a majority of viewers who are not academic. This limitation shows at times especially in dialogues of details of the research.
Luckily, the film works quite well within these limitations especially with two major scenes. One involves a confrontational meeting that is called to deal with a major gaffe. The scene is so well played (especially by actor Lior Ashkenazi, seen in many Israeli films) that it even has a thriller quality to it. The other scene includes a shocking betrayal.
With these powerful scenes and the usage of clever directing techniques, this film does well in drawing interest to a subject that would otherwise have had limited appeal. - dbamateurcritic