Feb

16 2025

HJFF: Monkey House

3:00PM - 5:30PM  

Mandell JCC 335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartord, CT 06117

http://mandelljcc.org

Contact Jennifer Sharp
jsharp@mandelljcc.org

$ Cost $ 15.00

The latest film by one of Israel's most well known filmmaker's, Avi Nesher, is MONKEY HOUSE. Amir Haddad, a very ambitious young filmmaker, stumbles upon a complex scam, concocted by Amitai Kariv – an Israeli left-wing novelist, and Margo Mai – a young woman who's writing Kariv’s biography. Haddad considers this encounter fodder for a docu-thriller, one that features much passion and deceit. Kariv, not a nemesis to be taken lightly, takes exception to Haddad’s investigation. Margo Mai seems to be playing both sides. Hostilities ensue. When narratives collide, truth is an immediate victim