PJFM In Conversation
Ofir Raul Graizer, Director of AMERICA
42nd Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
Film critic Gary Kramer chats with Ofir Raul Graizer, Director of AMERICA, about his new film.
The 42nd Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival concludes with AMERICA, the latest tour de force from director Ofir Raul Graizer (The Cakemaker). This richly layered melodrama follows an Israeli swimming coach who returns to his country after his distant father passes away. There, he reconnects with his childhood friend and his fiancée, both of whom run a successful flower shop downtown. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, a tragedy sets off a chain of motion for these three individuals, an event that unlocks hidden desires, secrets, and torment that have afflicted these characters.