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Seventeen-year-old Asher has always been a troublemaker and terrible student due to his learning differences. A charismatic teacher prompts a fascination in the world of literature, but also forces a conflict with Ashers brash father, who expects him to take over the family scaffolding business.
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DIRECTED BY MATAN YAIR
93 MIN | HEBREW | ISRAEL | 2017 | NARRATIVE | OPEN CAPTIONS | AUDIO DESCRIPTION
FILMMAKER BIO:
Matan Yair (b. 1977) is a filmmaker, an author and a high school history and literature teacher. Hes a graduate of the screenwriting program at the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School in Jerusalem, as well as of the MFA directing program at Tel Aviv University. Matans literary and artistic work derives from his personal experiences and biography. His documentary film IT IS WRITTEN IN YOUR I.D. THAT I AM YOUR FATHER (2008) describes a process of growing intimacy between himself and his father, Mordechai, who left home when he was thirteen. The film participated in Haifa International Film Festivals competitive section as well as other film festivals. Matans drama UNSEEN focuses on his experience working as a teacher in a class for kids who were rejected from the regular school system. In 2009, Matan published his first novel, which is built as a diary of a teenager who documents one dramatic year of his adolescence. The novel was awarded from the National Library of Israel, described by the jury as a groundbreaking work. SCAFFOLDING is his first feature film and was selected in the ACID programme at Cannes 2017.
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