"Our Father", a feature film by Meni Yaesh, cinematography by Ram Shweky. Transfax Film Productions, 2016.

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Awards: 

Israeli Academy Award - Best Picture Editing

Israeli Academy Award - Best Actor Award

Jerusalem Film Festival - Best Actor Award 

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Synopsis:

Ovadia is an orthodox Jew – and the toughest doorman in Tel Aviv. But there's one wish he can't fulfill with his fists: a child with his wife Rachel. They've been trying in vain for five years. To pay for an expensive course of treatment, Ovadia agrees to a deal with the small-time crook Shalom and works for his gang as a debt collector. When Rachel get pregnant, for Ovadia the collaboration with Shalom is over. But Shalom wants more, he's planning a bigger job. Our Father is powerful, poetic gangster cinema, characterized by the weighty presence of its leading actor.

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The film was one of five films nominated for the Best Film Award at the Israeli Film Academy Awards (Ophir Awards).

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