All Eyes Off Me

Original title: Mishehu Yohav Mishehu
Genre: Drama
Director: Hadas ben Aroya
Country: Israel
Year of production: 2021
Czas: 89 min

Awards and nominations:
2021 Jerusalem Film Festival: Best Actress, Best Israeli Feature Film

A typical chaotic party somewhere in Tel Aviv. Danny confides in her friends that she’s expecting Max’s child and she ends up listening to a monologue about abortion that would make conservatives lose their sleep. Although she plans to terminate the pregnancy, Danny tries to tell Max about it, but he is mentally and physically preoccupied with Avishag who opens the door to her world of sexual fantasies and fetishes for him.

Three loosely connected chapters portray the young generation of Israelis who theoretically are ready to do almost anything. Uninhibited freedom makes it impossible to foresee consequences of one’s actions. Their actual effects are a surprise which prompts existential thoughts. The director brilliantly depicts the characters’ false confidence and faith in the rightness of their decisions. But despite tackling polarising subjects such as sex and abortion she doesn’t fall into the trap of populistic cliches. Though erotic, sex scenes seduce with naturalness and awkwardness. They have been made without cuts which proves how talented the actors are, especially magnificent Elisheva Weil as Avishag. “All Eyes Off Me” is like a mirror in which the director tells the viewers to look and confront their own desires.
 
Author: Piotr Grabarczyk

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Hadas ben Aroya – one of the most promising young Israeli artists. She realises her passions as an actress and director. In her films she takes a look at Gen Y which despite more and more extreme quests and pursuits of absolute freedom still seeks intimacy and closeness. Her film “People That Are Not Me” was awarded at Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and
Short Films and Mar del Plata Film Festival among others.

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