Encirclements (Hakafot)
VIEW EVENT DETAILSThe 16th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
The 16th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival Screening
Screening: 8:50pm
Encirclements (Hakafot)
Directed By Lee Gilat
96 mins | Israel | 2014 | Drama | Hebrew with English subtitles
Thirteen-year-old Aharon Ninio, an only child, is determined to win the honour of carrying the Torah scrolls on the Jewish holiday of Simhat Torah. The belief that he who carries the Torah may ask God for anything on behalf of others can elevate Aharon’s status in his neighbourhood and win his distant father’s love and approval. But his selection causes age-old tensions between his parents to surface, and on the night of the ceremony the symbolic happy ritual becomes a life-threatening struggle.
當十三歲的阿哈被挑選成為妥拉節最大的榮譽-背著《托拉》在街道和社區中四處遊走,他覺得生活終於要變得更好。然而與此同時,阿哈的身份卻令父母長久以來的爭執浮現,這象徵著喜慶幸福的節慶,同時也成了生死間的掙扎。
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Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty