Film Festival – “A Place in Heaven”

December 17, 2016 - 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

An Israeli army chief faces a deathbed reckoning with his estranged ultra-Orthodox son in A PLACE IN HEAVEN, pills an allegorical saga that inextricably intertwines personal and national histories. Structured as a tale within a tale, ed the sprawling storyline centers on an uncompromising army officer nicknamed Bambi (Alon Abutbul) who wins every military battle in the name of Zionism, but fails the daily tests of life. Returning from a daring mission, the secular military man strikes an unholy bargain with a devout young Holocaust survivor. The impulsive decision has providential consequences over the ensuing decades, as Bambi struggles in his pursuit