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My Father My Lord
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Wikipedia article
'My Father My Lord' (, lit. 'Summer Vacation') is a 2007 Israeli film directed by David Volach, a former Israeli Haredi. It won the Founder's Award for Best Narrative Film at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Plot
Rabbi Avraham and his wife Esther have one son, Menachem, whose birth they regard as miraculous. Menachem's curiosity about the world is repeatedly stymied by his father, who in one instance forces him to rip up an "idolatrous" picture. Foreshadowed by an instance of 'Shiluach haken,' a trip to the Dead Sea the eponymous "summer vacation" ends with Menachem drowning and his parents mourning.
Cast
*Assi Dayan – Rabbi Avraham
*Ilan Griff
*Sharon HaCohen
Gallery
Places that appear in the movie :
File:Etz Chaim Talmud Torah, Jerusalem.JPG|the school of Menachem
File:Jerusalem Stairs street.jpg|Stairs street
File:Jerusalem Mea Shearim Kikar HaShabbat Greentec.jpg|Shabbat Square
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