Synopsis
17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.
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Cast
- Asher LaxAsher
- Ami SmolarchikRami
- Yakov CohenMilo
- Keren BergerShira
- Dina LimonOra
- Naama Manor
- Hagit Dasberg
Recommendations
- 80
Screen Daily
Israeli teacher-turned-filmmaker Matan Yair mines his own experiences for Scaffolding, bringing depth and poignancy to what could have otherwise been a familiar tale. - 80
Variety
[A] gripping, realist drama. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Reminiscent of the naturalistic social dramas made by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Scaffolding combines the nervous tension of a thriller about a bomb waiting to go off — Lax’s volatility is as nail-biting as his bursts of compassion are relief-inducing — and the mournful clarity of a fly-on-the-wall documentary about troubled students. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Like the structures it is named after, the movie hinges on a rudimentary narrative that builds in momentum as the plot progresses, leading to a single act of defiance in the final reel. - 50
The New York Times
Rife with heavy-handed metaphors — and discussions of metaphors, as befits a movie about a young man studying literature — Scaffolding seems somewhat torn when it comes to telegraphing its own intentions. Its ambiguities of character take a back seat to a trite upshot.
