Synopsis
Asia is the single mother of 17-year-old Vika. Vika's deteriorating health urges Asia to finally find her voice as a mother and to embrace and cherish their time together.
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Cast
- Alena YivAsia
- Shira HaasVika
- Tamir MulaGabi
- Gera SandlerStas
- Eden Halili
- Or Barak
Recommendations
- 100
Los Angeles Times
Pribar’s humane and heartbreaking drama is beautifully photographed and performed; a loving, warm, and even sexy film about death and dying that is teeming with life. - 100
Los Angeles Times
Pribar’s humane and heartbreaking drama is beautifully photographed and performed; a loving, warm, and even sexy film about death and dying that is teeming with life. - 83
IndieWire
Pribar’s subtle movie eschews sentimentalism for a patient and inquisitive character study, mining familiar territory and rejuvenating it with emotional impact that worms its way into the material from unexpected places. - 83
IndieWire
Pribar’s subtle movie eschews sentimentalism for a patient and inquisitive character study, mining familiar territory and rejuvenating it with emotional impact that worms its way into the material from unexpected places. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
The maturity of the directorial voice is evident in its clear-eyed, rigorously unsentimental assessment of a shattering situation. - 80
The Observer (UK)
This impressive Israeli feature debut from Ruthy Pribar stars a mesmerising Shira Haas. - 80
Variety
From Daniella Nowitz’s muted, intimately lit lensing to the plaintive, judiciously used piano strains of Karni Postel’s score, every formal element of Asia serves to illustrate and enrich the tricky, evolving relationship at its center — brushing, rather than milking, the viewer’s tear ducts along the way. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
The maturity of the directorial voice is evident in its clear-eyed, rigorously unsentimental assessment of a shattering situation.
