LOVING SOPHIA
IL 2010 – Director: Ohad Itach – Original language: Hebrew, Russian – Subtitles: English – Length: 72 min.
As a child Sophia moved with her parents from Moldova to Israel. Now she is long since grown with a marriage and a career in music behind her but she is still deeply unstable. She is angry because her life is out of her control and she ends up turning to drugs._In intense scenes the film follows Sophia’s journey through the dark corners of Tel Aviv and traces her deeper and deeper decline into addiction. When her mother gets involved there is a decisive and promising twist in Sophia’s fate._LOVING SOPHIA shows the inner dislocation that people can experience in a country that many see as a new homeland – and the difficulty they have in getting where they want to
English/Original Title: Le'ehov et sophia. Writer: Ohad Itach. Camera: Haim Asias, Ohad Itach. Editing: Arik Lahav Leibovitch. Music: Ophir Leibovitch. Production: -. Producer: Ohad Itach. International Sales: Ruth Diskin Films Ltd.. Distribution: Ruth Diskin Films Ltd..
