FEATURE FILM
Lullaby to My Father
Amos Gitai retraces the steps of his father Munio, born in 1909 in Silesia (Poland) and son of a tenant farmer for a Prussian Junker. At 18, Munio left for Berlin and then Dessau to study at Bauhaus under Walter Gropius, Vassili Kandinsky and Paul Klee. In 1933, the Nazis closed Bauhaus and accused Munio of treason against the German people. Munio is imprisoned and then expelled to Basel. He departs for Palestine. In Haifa, he begins his career as an architect, adapting modernist European principles to the Middle East.
PRESS
The film is a journey in search of connections between a father and a son, architecture and cinema, as well as historic events and fragments of personal memories. It is akin to a puzzle or rather a kaleidoscope; the voices interweave, as well as the faces, Jeanne Moreau, Hanna Schygulla, worn photographs, memories, vestiges… The quest is entirely personal. It’s in this way that it becomes universal, combining one’s relationship to a land and its history (the history of Gitai’s family is inextricably linked to that of the foundation of Israel), establishment and wandering, attraction and revulsion.
Pascal Mérigeau, CinéObs, January 17, 2013
FESTIVAL
• Biennale di Venezia/Mostra d’arte cinematografica 2012 – Out of competition
CREDITS
Screenplay Amos Gitai
Cinematography Renato Berta, Giora Bejach, Gabriele Basilico, Richard Copans, Amos Gitai
Sound Michel Kharat, Alex Claude, Yisrael David, Sebastian Stroux
Music Zoe Keating, Abel Ehrlich
Editing Isabelle Ingold
Research Rivka Gitai
Assistant Marieke Staub, Ivonne Dippmann, Haim Rinsky
Artistic advisor Sari Turgeman, Marie-José Sanselme
Cast Yael Abecassis, Theo Ballmer, Keren Gitai and the voices of Jeanne Moreau, Hanna Schygulla
Producers Laurent Truchot, Michael Tapuach, Alexandre Iordachescu, Enzo Porcelli, Amos Gitai
Production Agav Films
Co-Producers Arte France Cinéma, Elefant Films, Achab Films, Hamon Hafakot, Agav Hafakot
In association with Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Arte France, Rai Tre, Rai Cinema
With the support of The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts
Amos Gitai retraces the steps of his father Munio, born in 1909 in Silesia (Poland) and son of a tenant farmer for a Prussian Junker. At 18, Munio left for Berlin and then Dessau to study at Bauhaus under Walter Gropius, Vassili Kandinsky and Paul Klee. In 1933, the Nazis closed Bauhaus and accused Munio of treason against the German people. Munio is imprisoned and then expelled to Basel. He departs for Palestine. In Haifa, he begins his career as an architect, adapting modernist European principles to the Middle East.
PRESS
The film is a journey in search of connections between a father and a son, architecture and cinema, as well as historic events and fragments of personal memories. It is akin to a puzzle or rather a kaleidoscope; the voices interweave, as well as the faces, Jeanne Moreau, Hanna Schygulla, worn photographs, memories, vestiges… The quest is entirely personal. It’s in this way that it becomes universal, combining one’s relationship to a land and its history (the history of Gitai’s family is inextricably linked to that of the foundation of Israel), establishment and wandering, attraction and revulsion.
Pascal Mérigeau, CinéObs, January 17, 2013
FESTIVAL
• Biennale di Venezia/Mostra d’arte cinematografica 2012 – Out of competition
CREDITS
Screenplay Amos Gitai
Cinematography Renato Berta, Giora Bejach, Gabriele Basilico, Richard Copans, Amos Gitai
Sound Michel Kharat, Alex Claude, Yisrael David, Sebastian Stroux
Music Zoe Keating, Abel Ehrlich
Editing Isabelle Ingold
Research Rivka Gitai
Assistant Marieke Staub, Ivonne Dippmann, Haim Rinsky
Artistic advisor Sari Turgeman, Marie-José Sanselme
Cast Yael Abecassis, Theo Ballmer, Keren Gitai and the voices of Jeanne Moreau, Hanna Schygulla
Producers Laurent Truchot, Michael Tapuach, Alexandre Iordachescu, Enzo Porcelli, Amos Gitai
Production Agav Films
Co-Producers Arte France Cinéma, Elefant Films, Achab Films, Hamon Hafakot, Agav Hafakot
In association with Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Arte France, Rai Tre, Rai Cinema
With the support of The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts
SALES / DISTRIBUTION
AGAV FILMS
6, cour Berard. 75004 Paris – France
+33 (0)1 42 40 48 45
agav@amosgitai.com
SALES / DISTRIBUTION
