Amazing Grace
Directed byAmos Guttman
Written byAmos Guttman
Produced byDagan Price
StarringGal Hoyberger
Sharon Alexander
Aki Avni
Rivka Michaeli
Karin Ophir
CinematographyYoav Kosh, Amnon Zlayet
Edited byEinat Glaser-Zarhin
Music byArkadi Duchin
Release date
  • October 1992 (1992-10)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew

Amazing Grace (Hebrew: חסד מופלא) is a 1992 Israeli film directed by Amos Guttman.[1]

It is one of the few Israeli films dealing with gay subjects and the only one so far which has dealt with AIDS. The plot includes elements of Guttman’s own biography; it was his last film before he died of AIDS.[2][3][4]

Plot

The young Jonathan (Gal Hoyberger) leaves his family's home in the Moshav, moves to "the big city" of Tel Aviv and finds an alienated and lonely world. He falls in love with Thomas (Sharon Alexander), an HIV patient, and a love story develops between the two.

Cast

ActorCharacter
Sharon AlexanderThomas
Aki AvniMiki, Jonathan's roommate
Devorah BertonovThomas' Grandmother friend
Gal HoybergerJonathan
Rivka MichaeliYehudit (Thomas' Mother)
Hinna RozovskaThomas' Grandmother
Ada-Valery TalNeighbour
Dov NavonThe barman
Karin OphirJonathan's little sister
Iggy Vaxman

Awards

The film won the Wolgin Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival and Best Film award at the Haifa International Film Festival.[5]

References

  1. "Amazing Grace". Israeli Film Center.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. "Amazing Grace". Mubi.Com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  3. "Out in Israel: AMAZING GRACE". Roxie.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  4. Kronish, Amy; Safirman, Costel (2003). Amazing Grace (1992 film), Israeli film. Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 9780313321443. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  5. "הנחיות לחתימת חוזה השקעה בהפקה - קרן הקולנוע הישראלי".
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