{"id":504,"date":"2010-11-05T09:29:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippelavalette.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2015-12-17T17:51:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T22:51:55","slug":"504","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippelavalette.com\/en\/504\/","title":{"rendered":"about \u00abMabul\u00bb from Variety"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Haifa Film Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Flood\/<\/span>Mabul<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Israel-Canada-Germany-France)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By ALISSA SIMON<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Jack Naylor Award for Cinematography in a Feature Film<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The award, in the sum of 10,000 NIS, was presented to cinematographer Philippe Lavalette<\/strong> for his work on the film Mabul by Guy Nattiv<\/p>\n

The Jury: “One of the pleasures of watching Mabul was the sensitive and eloquent use of a visual cinematic language that holds layers and stories that the spoken language cannot contain. This twilight zone finds a fascinating cinematic expression in the camera of Phillippe Lavalette and the viewer finds himself partly swept partly drowning in the caressing light.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A UCM Films\/Intuitive Pictures\/K5 Film\/EZ Films production. (International sales: K5 Intl., London.) Produced by Daniel Baur, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnere, Ina Fichman, Tami Leon, Elie Meirovitz, Chilik Michaeli, Avarham Pirchi, Oliver Simon, Geraldine Jourdan, Ken Proulx. Directed by Guy Nattiv. Screenplay, Noa Berman-Herzberg, Nattiv.<\/span><\/p>\n

With: Ronit Elkabetz, Tzahi Grad, Yoav Rotman, Michael Moshonov, Noa Barkai. (Hebrew dialogue)<\/span><\/p>\n

When a bar mitzvah boy’s autistic elder brother returns unexpectedly, his unwelcome presence catalyzes a deluge of problems for a dysfunctional Moshav family in poignant drama “The Flood.” Working intelligently with biblical metaphors, the narrative thoughtfully expands the 2002 prizewinning short of the same name from talented Israeli helmer Guy Nattiv and screenwriter Noa Berman-Herzberg. Well cast, intensely thesped, gorgeously rendered pic reaped three kudos at the recent Haifa fest, including Israeli feature, ensuring further fest travel and a long life on the Jewish-interest circuit.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Rosko family lives on a ramshackle collective farm settlement along the picturesque Israeli coast, where their small but feisty 13-year-old son, Yoni (Yoav Rotman), is bullied at school. In between learning his Torah portion on Noah’s ark in anticipation of his bar mitzvah, Yoni sells completed homework assignments to his classmates to earn money for the body-building formula he hopes will bring on his delayed puberty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yoni’s fragile mother, Miri (Ronit Elkabetz, in a fine but atypically restrained performance), cares for toddlers at the community kindergarten and is surreptitiously carrying on with a neighbor. Meanwhile, his gruff, bitter father, Gidi (Tzahi Grad), a grounded pilot, whiles away time secretly growing and smoking marijuana.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the institution housing the Rosko’s severely autistic elder son, Tomer (Michael Moshonov, “Lebanon”), suddenly shuts down, his parents are forced to retrieve him. Tomer’s uncontrollable behavior strains the delicate balance of his family’s lives and disturbs the Moshav community, ultimately forcing his parents and Yoni to confront repressed secrets and current sorrows.<\/span><\/p>\n

As with the short, the heart of the feature is Yoni’s coming-of-age story and the relationship of the two brothers. As the quick-witted lad forced to act more like an adult than his parents, newcomer Rotman is a rare find, delivering a performance that is completely natural and convincing; Monoshov’s thesping (which earned the supporting actor kudo at the Israeli Academy Awards ) is physical and raw.<\/span><\/p>\n

Working in a fluid, lyrical style in which the visual provides even more information than the verbal, Nattiv (“Strangers”) confirms his directorial chops, despite a happy ending that feels forced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Easily one of the year’s most impressive-looking Israeli films, “The Flood” owes much to the superlative camerawork of France-trained, Quebec-based lenser Philippe Lavalette and the poetic editing of Tali Halter-Shenkar. Other craft contributions are first-class.<\/span><\/p>\n

Camera (color, widescreen, HD), Philippe Lavalette<\/span><\/strong>; editor, Tali Halter-Shenkar; music, Patrick Watson; production designer, Yoel Hertzberg; costume designer, Francois Laplante; sound (Dolby Digital), Ashi Milou. Reviewed at Haifa Film Festival (competing), Sept. 29, 2010. Running time: 97 MIN.<\/p>\n

Read more: https:\/\/www.variety.com\/review\/VE1117943847.html?categoryId=31&cs=1#ixzz12Qq42f2r<\/a> <https:\/\/www.variety.com\/review\/VE1117943847.html?categoryId=31&cs=1#ixzz12Qq42f2r<\/a>><\/p>\n

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