Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
WON:
Best Actress: Assi Levy
Best Director: Shemi Zarhin
Best Editing: Einat Glaser-Zarhin
Best Picture: Eitan Evan
Tied with Adama Meshuga'at (2006).
Best Screenplay: hemi Zarhin
Best Supporting Actress: Rotem Abuhab
Nominated
Best Actor: Dror Keren
Best Art Direction: Ido Dolev
Best Cinematography: Itzik Portal
Best Costumes: Inabl Shuki
Best Music: Jonathan Bar-Giora
Best Sound: Israel David, Aviv Aldema As Milo
Best Supporting Actor: Sasson Gabai
Chicago International Film Festival
Won
Plaque Film Competition Shemi Zarhin
Jerusalem Film Festival
Won Wolgin Award
Best Actress: Assi Levy
Best Screenplay: Shemi Zarhin
Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to Oded, an accomplished novelist. Immediately recognizing Aviva's talent, Oded takes her under his wing, promising to help her achieve greatness. But the journey to greatness affects her life and the lives of her family - her unemployed husband, her trouble children, her unstable mother, and primarily her sister, a funny and sensitive woman who have her own dreams. When Aviva discovered that Oded has other plans for her work, her world collapses.
Directed by Shemi Zarhin
Writing credits Shemi Zarhin
Cast:
Assi Levy... Aviva Cohen
Rotem Abuhab... Anita
Levana Finkelstein... Violette
Dror Keren... Moni Cohen
Sasson Gabai... Oded Zar
Nati Ravitz... Arie (as Natan Ravitz)
Dana Ivgy... Oshrat Cohen
Itay Turgeman... Alon Cohen
Dekel Adin... Ofek Cohen
Louise Asher... Flor
Rivka Bahar... Mercedes
Zion Barouch... Ofir
Jonathan Cherchi... Avner
Jacques Cohen... Dr. Zahrir
Reuven Dayan... Zaki
Albert Iluz... Ben Ami
Ronen Yifrach... Avi