Film Info
Towards Jerusalem

Film Information

Exhibition Title	Towards Jerusalem
Original Title	Nach Jerusalem
English Title	Towards Jerusalem
Director	Ruth Beckermann
Country
Year	1990
Format	16 mm
Colour	Color
Duration	85'

Production:

Dirección / Director: Ruth Beckermann
Guión / Scriptwriter: Ruth Beckermann
Fotografía / Cinematography: Nurith Aviv
Edición / Editing: Gertraud Luschützky
Producción / Producer: Josef Aichholzer
Compañía Productora / Production Company: Filmladen

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Synopsis

Like our own Cortázar stopping at every stop in the Paris-Marseille road to explore the areas, Beckermann lands in Tel Aviv and drives through the 40 miles that link the Israeli capital and the holy city of Jerusalem capturing everything that draws her attention on the way: a dealership of Mercedes Benz taxis, groups of soldiers, a wedding where people dances lambada, construction sites, checkpoints. A family who just got from Russia expresses admiration for their new nation; a group of Ethiopian women can’t communicate in any language. The perspective is open, and lacks no drawbacks, from junkmen to illegal buses, and even an engineer from Gaza who works in a gas station because “the Israelis won’t let me exercise my profession”. These are all postcards of a small crowded country where Intifada appears as a background noise or the theme for a popular videogame.