Saturday,
February 25 at 8:00pm
Israeli
Film Festival Opening Night
Campfire
dir.
Joseph Cedar, Israel, 2004, 35mm, 96 mins, color, Hebrew w/
English subtitles
 Campfire
tells the story of
a young widow trying to find her place in a male-dominated,
patriarchal society. Set in 1981, the year Israel began establishing
religious settlements in the West Bank, the film introduces
us to Rachel, a 42 year-old
mother of two teenage daughters, as she emerges from her year
of mourning her husband's death.
Rachel wants to join the founding group of a new settlement,
but the settlement's acceptance committee won't approve her
unless she remarries
and
demonstrates that she and her daughters can meet the group's
ideological standards. When Tami, her youngest daughter, is
accused of seducing some boys from her youth movement, Rachel
is forced to weigh her allegiances. Only Yossi, a 50 year-old
bachelor and the new man in Rachel's life, can show her that
living as an outcast is not as bad as it seems.
Israel's Selection for Best Foreign Film, 2005 Academy Awards;
Winner, 5 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Picture; Winner,
FIPRESCI Prize, 2004 Chicago International Film Festival; Winner,
Don Quixote Awards, 2004 Berlin Film
Festival.
Stay
for a special opening night reception following the screening.
Available
at www.iffphila.com
or hour before showtime at the box office.
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