VeAni Hayiti Sham (2020) [N/A]
Written by:
Eran Paz
Directed by:
Eran Paz
Release Date:
September 4, 2020
Original Title:
VeAni Hayiti Sham
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
T.T.V Productions
Yes Docu
Production Countries:
Israel
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 65
“And I Was There” provides a distinctive and potent take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that feels divorced from larger political or cultural concerns. Instead, the film chronicles a small, surreal world detached from reality — a place where Palestinian homes were turned into soldiers’ party playgrounds — and a contemporary effort by those soldiers to make sense of their former selves.
A random trance party in a living room is fairly common when it comes to young people. But what happens when the young people are Israeli soldiers, when the living room is owned by a Palestinian family that is locked up in one on the rooms of the house? 18 years after serving in the army, Eran Paz finds a box of videotapes with rare footage of himself and his squad mates, invading Palestinian homes in the occupied territories. Now Eran sets out on a journey in the footsteps of the people, the memories and the places that inundate him and give him no peace.
