Asia

Israel | 2020 | Ruthy Pribar

Winner of nine 2020 Israeli Film Academy awards including Best Film and Best Actress (Alena Yiv), this understated, unsentimental drama charts the resurgent love between a young single mother and her emotionally distant teenage daughter (Shira Haas of Unorthodox) after one of them becomes seriously ill. “Every formal element of Asia serves to illustrate and enrich the tricky, evolving relationship at its center.” –Variety. Subtitles. 85 min.

Asia, a Cinematheque streaming exclusive, can be viewed online from 6/25 thru at least 8/5 via the link below. Doing so supports the Cinematheque. Screening fee is $12 and you have 72 hours to watch it. 

http://vimeo.com/ondemand/asiacleveland