''One Week and a Day'' (or ''Shavua ve Yom'', ) is a 2016 Israeli

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directed by Asaph Polonsky. It was screened in the

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section at the

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where it won the Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award. It was one of five films nominated for the Best Film Award at the

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Plot

Eyal Spivak is shown at the end of a week's mourning for his late son. He shows indifference to his neighbors since they purposefully avoided them when his son was near death. He and his wife Vicky agree to return to their routine, but instead Eyal chooses to go after a blanket they missed at the hospice and finds

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, prescribed for his late son, there. He smuggles it and decides to get high with the help of a young neighbor and bonds with him. Vicky asks him to book burial plots near their son, but Eyal forgets and loses the plot. Eyal tries to get the plot and even attends the burial process of the person that is getting their plot and finds closure. Vicky who had a tough day gets emotional when she hears from Eyal that they have lost the plot. After the day Eyal sets out to change things in his life and consider living worth by starting to make his wife smile.

Cast

Shai Avivi Shai Avivi (; born 29 April 1964) is an Israeli film, television and stage actor, as well as comedian and television presenter. Regarded as one of the best performers of his generation in Israel, he is recognized for his versatile work across i ...

as Eyal Spivak *

Tomer Kapon Tomer Capone (also Kapon, Kappon, or Capon, ; born 15 July, 1985) is an Israeli actor. He has starred in a number of popular Israeli exported television series such as ''Hostages'' (2013–2016), the political thriller television series ''Fauda'' ...

as Zohar Zooler * Sharon Alexander as Shmulik Zooler * Carmit Mesilati Kaplan as Keren Zooler *

Jenya Dodina Evgenia (Zhenya) Dodina (in ; born December 10, 1964) is an Israeli theater, film, and television actress, originally from Soviet Belarus. After meeting director Yevgeny Aryeh at the Mayakovsky Theater in Moscow, she immigrated to Israel and be ...

as Vicky Spivak *

Uri Gavriel Uri Gavriel () is an Israeli theater, film and television actor. Winner of the Ophir Award and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005 as Best Actor in film ''What a Wonderful Place''. In 2018, he appeared as Philip the Apostle in Helen ...

as Refael

Reception

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reports that 90% of 29 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 7.40 out of 10. On

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, the film has a weighted average score 72/100 based on 11 reviews, indicating "Generally Favorable reviews".

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, complimented the film"With a title that sounds standard but turns out to be specific, "One Week and a Day" keeps an impeccable balance between absurdity and sadness, comedy and heartbreak". However,

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, gave the film a negative review, saying that "It isn't sharp enough to be funny or profound enough to be touching. It meanders from start to finish, searching for a tone that it never quite finds".

Accolades

Wins

Source: * 2016 - Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award (

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) * 2016 - Pirchi Family Award for Best Screenplay / Best First or Second Israeli Feature (

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) * 2016 - Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature and Israeli First Film (Jerusale Film Festival) * 2016 - Seymour Cassel Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble (

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) * 2016 - David Camera Award for Grand Prix (

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) * 2016 - Best Debut Feature Award (

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) * 2016 - Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor to

* 2017 - Special Jury Prize for Narrative Feature (

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) * 2017 - Best Screenplay Award ( KineNova International Film Festival)

Nominations

Source: * 2016 -

Grand Prize (Cannes Film Festival) * 2016 - Golden Camera (Cannes Film Festival) * 2016 - Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Film (

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) * 2016 - Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Directior / Best Actor / Best Actress / Best Screenplay / Best Editing / Best Film * 2016 - Audience Award for New Auteurs / Breakthrough (

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) * 2016 - German Independence Award for Best Film (Oldenburg Film Festival) * 2016 -

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* 2016 - Centenary Award for the Best Debut Film for Best Director to Asaph Polonsky (

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) * 2016 - Golden Athena for Best Picture (

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) * 2017 - Jury Prize for Narrative Feature Film Competition (Sarasota Film Festival) * 2017 - Grand Prize for Feature Film ( Skip City International D-Cinema Festival)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:One Week And A Day 2016 films 2016 drama films 2016 directorial debut films Israeli drama films 2010s Hebrew-language films