17th(2015)
Netalie BRAUN
International Premiere
2014 Jerusalem international film Festival - Best Short Film Award
Tamar is a lonely, overweight eleven-year-old. Going through puberty and taking insults for her looks from her schoolmates are her daily burden but they seem to be the least of her worries. One day, Tamar takes a vow of love.
Tamar is a lonely and overweight eleven-year-old girl. Mocked and ridiculed at school because of her looks while also being constantly exposed to sexual harassment by her sexually frustrated father at home, she wishes to become a strong and tough superhero to save herself and her mom. Will the girl¡¯s desperate vow be able to help her overcome her restraints and confinement? The film¡¯s dry and dull take on the terrifying daily life of a girl who cannot fly further accentuates the tragedy of the situation. [KIM Sun-young]
International Premiere | 2014 Jerusalem international film Festival - Best Short Film Award
Synopsis
Tamar is a lonely, overweight eleven-year-old. Going through puberty and taking insults for her looks from her schoolmates are her daily burden but they seem to be the least of her worries. One day, Tamar takes a vow of love.
Program Note
Tamar is a lonely and overweight eleven-year-old girl. Mocked and ridiculed at school because of her looks while also being constantly exposed to sexual harassment by her sexually frustrated father at home, she wishes to become a strong and tough superhero to save herself and her mom. Will the girl¡¯s desperate vow be able to help her overcome her restraints and confinement? The film¡¯s dry and dull take on the terrifying daily life of a girl who cannot fly further accentuates the tragedy of the situation. [KIM Sun-young]
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"Netalie BRAUN is a well known film director, screenwriter, producer of documentary and fiction films, a writer, a lecturer in film schools and the Artistic-Director of the