Aviya's Summer 1988
7.1 / 10
Aviya's Summer
A young girl and her mother both carry the scars of their experiences during the holocaust in this drama from Israel. In 1951, Aviya is a ten-year-old girl being raised by her single mother, Henya, in a small village in Israel. Henya is a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, and has come out of the experience considerably worse for wear; she's haunted by the memories of her past, and has become emotionally unstable. Circumstances for her and her daughter are hardly improved by the poverty of the newly wounded state of Israel, and their own difficult economic circumstances. Aviya, meanwhile, is obsessed with finding her missing father, and wonders if he might be the man who has just moved into their village. Henya, however, knows better, and knows why Aviya's father is never coming back to them.
A young girl and her mother both carry the scars of their experiences during the holocaust in this drama from Israel. In 1951, Aviya is a ten-year-old girl being raised by her single mother, Henya, in a small village in Israel. Henya is a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, and has come out of the experience considerably worse for wear; she's haunted by the memories of her past, and has become emotionally unstable. Circumstances for her and her daughter are hardly improved by the poverty of the newly wounded state of Israel, and their own difficult economic circumstances. Aviya, meanwhile, is obsessed with finding her missing father, and wonders if he might be the man who has just moved into their village. Henya, however, knows better, and knows why Aviya's father is never coming back to them.
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Full Cast & Crew
... Henya Aleksandrowicz
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Kaipu Cohen... Aviya Aleksandrowicz
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Eli Cohen... Max Gantz
... Lena Gantz
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Rami Baruch... Haim Altman
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Yossi Kantz... Moshe
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Release Date:
Jul 14, 1988 (Israel)
Run Time:
1hr 35`
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Original Language:
Hebrew
Production Countries:
Israel
Status:
Released
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Aviya's Summer - Aviya's Summer
Directors & Credit Writers
EC
Eli Cohen... Director
Cast
... Henya Aleksandrowicz
KC
Kaipu Cohen... Aviya Aleksandrowicz
EC
Eli Cohen... Max Gantz
... Lena Gantz
RB
Rami Baruch... Haim Altman
YK
Yossi Kantz... Moshe
... Puah
... Masha Gantz
... Aunt Alice
... Teacher
SG
Solly Ganor... Dr. Engel
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Ilana Reff... Nurse #2
... Maya Abramson
Produced By
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Eitan Evan... Producer
... Producer
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