When Night Falls
MovieTitle | עד סוף הלילה |
User score | 5.4 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1985 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Eitan Green |
Production country | Israel |
Production companies | Tom Productions |
Budget | $376,000 |
Run time | 90 min. |
Giora (Assi Dayan) runs a bar and dreams of opening a restaurant. He has made a mess of his life — his marriage is in trouble, since he is pathologically cheating on his wife; his parents (Yosef Millo and Orna Porat) have separated; and his father arrives for an extended visit from Nahariya. Giora spends time with his army buddies, recalling their experiences during the War in Lebanon. His father is undergoing a major life crisis and finds both the loneliness of the city and his son's lifestyle unappealing. As a non-Jew in a Jewish society, he feels estranged, an outsider who has never been able to adapt, and contemplates suicide. Eventually, Giora's parents decide to attempt a reconciliation, until tragedy strikes.