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Synopsis

The film, produced by and the

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, was released on DVD by as part of a boxset also including 2008's '' Langue sacrée, langue parlée'' and 2011's '' Traduire'', with which they form a trilogy. It contains interviews with Israeli artists and writers such as

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, Evgenia Dodina, Salman Masalha,

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, Amal Murkus, Prof. Dr.

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, and Meir Wieseltier who write in Hebrew even though it is not their native language about the importance of language and asks how the struggle between their mother tongue and Hebrew has affected their art.

Reception

Between its release and 2006, the film was screened and won several awards at

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, Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, , , ,

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, Israel Psychoanalytic Society,

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, and many other places. The film was produced by

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, , and . It was also screened at

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in 2015.

References

External links

''From Language to Language''
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Nurith Aviv’s Official Website
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''From Language to Language'' Film Trailer
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Éditions Montparnasse’s Website
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