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Amazing Grace

Country: Israel, Language: Hebrew, 95 mins

Original Title

Hessed Mufla
  • Director: Amos Guttman
  • Writer: Amos Guttman
  • Producer: Doron Preiss

CGiii Comment

Guttman died of AIDS in '93 - so, this is a deeply personal film.

Maybe a little too personal - it moves along at snail's pace and it really is unengaging due to the fact that the characters keep their distance from each other, those who try to get close are harshly pushed away.

It is bleak...but, Guttman's outlook, at this time in his life, was desolate - and it shows.

Profoundly moving.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Against the backdrop of AIDS, the film explores two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as a musician in New York: Thomas is ill, detached, in search of hard drugs. Jonathan tries to connect with him. Meanwhile, Thomas's grandmother, facing old age, has become bitter, particularly toward her hard-working daughter. They worry about Thomas. A few blocks away, Jonathan's mother, brother and sister maintain their sometimes bickering relationships, watching Jonathan brave adulthood.

Cast & Characters

Sharon Alexander as Thomas;
Aki Avni as Miki;
Dvora Bartonov as Grandmother's Friend;
Gal Hoyberger as Jonathan;
Rivka Michaeli as Thomas' Mother;
Dov Navon; Karin Ophir;
Hinna Rozovska as Thomas' Grandmother;
Ada Tal as Neighbour;
Iggy Vaxman