The 7 days is a recently released Israeli film, directed by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz. Ronit Elkabetz is one of the largest Israeli actresses of the moment, we could see in particular Voyage of the band or in Take woman who is actually the first episode of a trilogy announced around the character of Vivian, played by Ronit Elkabetz again.
The subject is simple: in 91, during the Gulf War, in a family of 2 sisters and 6 brothers, Maurice, one of the brothers dies prematurely. The whole family is Shiva, that is to say that she respects the rules of mourning imposed by the Jewish tradition during the 7 days after the burial of the deceased. You must eat on the floor, receiving guests, do not eat meat, etc, etc. .... It is a special time during which we concentrated only on grief (some say: for movement and then to find a life ...)
whole family lives, eats and sleeps together for 7 days in the house of the brother and his wife. Obviously, the family includes brothers-and sisters-in some children, close friends of the family, etc. ... As can be imagined, this long camera generates tension, old grudges resurface in short, human feelings captured with great skill by the directors, greatly helped by the beautiful game for some players.
Ronit Alkabetz addition, mention may be made Simon Abkarian , French actor that fans of Cedric Klapisch familiar (the Cat's , Neither for nor against (quite the contrary) ) and fans of espionage have been seen in Casino Royale, the first James Bond with Daniel Craig. But also the beautiful Yael Abecassis , mother courage Live and Become , or more recently in Surviving with Wolves Vera Belmont. Very nice movie
So, where is well aware that relations between brothers and sisters are never simple, especially when money problems, divorce or recognition resurface with acute explosive.
But what I really marked in this film are the languages. The family concerned, the family Ohayon (pronounced O-Yone-Kh-A to meet the Hebrew) is a traditionalist who still has family in common aspects of the Moroccan community in Israel: they follow the religious rules of mourning without much discussion although it also is not particularly engaged, they insist on the importance of the family and above all they speak 3 languages.
Hebrew, of course, Arabic is used primarily to certain terms of bang (Laister), but also French, a language spoken in the movie the whole family in a completely spontaneous. Some characters speak in French, are responding in Hebrew, then in French, iron in Hebrew with a touch of Arabic is quite disturbing, especially for a French who not imagine that in the collective imagination Israel is a country where many people who have never lived in France have French as their mother tongue and continue to talk with your family.
A small example of scene where the languages are mixed:
So, where is well aware that relations between brothers and sisters are never simple, especially when money problems, divorce or recognition resurface with acute explosive.
But what I really marked in this film are the languages. The family concerned, the family Ohayon (pronounced O-Yone-Kh-A to meet the Hebrew) is a traditionalist who still has family in common aspects of the Moroccan community in Israel: they follow the religious rules of mourning without much discussion although it also is not particularly engaged, they insist on the importance of the family and above all they speak 3 languages.
Hebrew, of course, Arabic is used primarily to certain terms of bang (Laister), but also French, a language spoken in the movie the whole family in a completely spontaneous. Some characters speak in French, are responding in Hebrew, then in French, iron in Hebrew with a touch of Arabic is quite disturbing, especially for a French who not imagine that in the collective imagination Israel is a country where many people who have never lived in France have French as their mother tongue and continue to talk with your family.
A small example of scene where the languages are mixed:
More info on this film
In another film, quite different from Shiva - The 7 days, the use of a foreign language by an Israeli produced in me a very interesting visual impact. This film is Walk on Water Eytan Fox .
is the story of a Mossad agent who is assigned on a mission a bit special by his superior, Holocaust survivor and a family friend also: to find an old nonagenarian Nazi now. The agent is reluctant: even if his family was also hit hard, he sees more interest to bring them attention and much prefer to concentrate on the fight against Arab terrorism. Its chief required to do so yet, especially since it has a unique advantage: he speaks German fluently because it is his mother tongue.
It will therefore come into contact with the grandchildren of Nazi suspects, who paid a visit to Israel and listen to all their conversations in German.
Throughout the film, we know that he speaks German, he understands it as listening to conversations in German, but we never hear about.
In another film, quite different from Shiva - The 7 days, the use of a foreign language by an Israeli produced in me a very interesting visual impact. This film is Walk on Water Eytan Fox .
is the story of a Mossad agent who is assigned on a mission a bit special by his superior, Holocaust survivor and a family friend also: to find an old nonagenarian Nazi now. The agent is reluctant: even if his family was also hit hard, he sees more interest to bring them attention and much prefer to concentrate on the fight against Arab terrorism. Its chief required to do so yet, especially since it has a unique advantage: he speaks German fluently because it is his mother tongue. It will therefore come into contact with the grandchildren of Nazi suspects, who paid a visit to Israel and listen to all their conversations in German.
Throughout the film, we know that he speaks German, he understands it as listening to conversations in German, but we never hear about.
And then towards the end of the film, all the protagonists find themselves in Germany and roam in the subway when a band of skinheads attacked them. True to what we imagine a Mossad agent, it neutralises the three shots spoon Krav Maga. But what literally slap at that time the film is that the German language rises from the depths of its history and it brought out a big "Raus" more a tirade in German.
And only this time the film you realize that all parents and grandparents spoke German man, they were certainly fond of German culture and language as one of the most incorporation of their lives. And even for this agent, having the German language is fully involved in its identity.
The revival of Hebrew in Israel is certainly one of the most amazing feats of the Jewish nation the twentieth century. But we must not forget that it was sometimes built on a negation of the original languages: Ben-Gurion in particular led a struggle against the no thank you he considered Yiddish as the language of exile.
Yet this diversity of languages and therefore, structures of thought that has in part produced the wealth of the Jewish people. This linguistic richness continues in Israel, just need some movies from time to time to remind us ...
PS: At the same time I was writing this post, I learned that Israel was such an international platform for the dubbing of films because of the large number of languages spoken in this country technologically advanced. Who would have thought?
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