“Wedding Doll,” the winner of the 2015 Jerusalem Film Festival’s award for Best First Film, makes its first appearance in New Orleans tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Uptown Jewish Community Center as part of the continuing Bart Family Film Festival.
Hagit (Moran Rosenblatt), a woman with learning disabilities, hopes to make a life for herself.
The Israeli film’s plot deals with the central character of Hagit (Moran Rosenblatt), a woman who has lived all of her life attempting to overcome severe learning disabilities, and the relationship with her protective mother Sarah (Asi Levi).
Hagit is a worker in a toilet paper factory going through tough times. Unknown to her divorcée mother, she has begun a secret relationship with the son of the factory owner, Omri (Roy Assaf). The imminent failure of the factory means their relationship may be compromised and that her plans to become a married woman may be affected.
For her role in the film, Levi won the Best Actress award at the Jerusalem Film Festival.
Directed and produced by award-winning documentary filmmaker Nitzan Gilady, the film is free and open to the public. The running time of the film is 82 minutes.
