There and Here
Israeli Figures • 57m
This is the story of three ex-pilots and a navigator, all in their 80's, who in their youth embodied the perfect image of the model Israeli "Tsabar." The four decide to come clean about their true identities as Holocaust survivors and venture out on a journey throughout their lost childhoods, their silent youth, and their glory days as pilots — all for the sake of telling the story of those who came from there and became the heart of the Israeli "Tsabar" dream.
Year: 2014
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Avida Livny
Producers: Liora Landau, Renana Levi
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