A Strange Course of Events Page #3

Synopsis: Forty-something Saul is a melancholic dreamer, with a tendency to run whenever things go wrong. He returns to Haifa one day for a reckoning with the father he has not seen in five years. But getting along with an airy-fairy mother-in-law with a penchant for new age, a daughter on the verge of adolescence and a father who's been converted to Yoga is not easy. After a fateful slip, Saul will find his place as son, a father and more.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Raphaël Nadjari
Production: Vito Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
24
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
98 min
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as soon as possible.

Good morning.

Shaul?

- Zimmer, Tzimmer?

- Tzimmer.

- How are you feeling today?

- I don't know, I - It still hurts.

- Where does it hurt?

- My leg.

Do you see your bones?

Everything's fine.

Nothing's wrong.

It could be a sprain.

We're going to open this.

- Does it hurt?

- Very much.

- Because -

- What are you doing?

...nothing's wrong.

Look!

- Does that hurt?

- Yes.

- And here?

- Yes.

Stay still. Look up.

It's probably a sprain.

- Do you know what that means?

- Yes.

My son was playing basketball,

and he fell.

It's nothing, just a sprain.

Nothing!

And you -

I don't understand you.

- It's a little red.

- It really hurts there.

It's probably a sprain.

We'll send a nurse in

and that's that, okay?

Come on, let's go.

Feel better.

- I work at a medical center.

- I'm sure you have a family to go home to.

I work at a medical center,

and it doesn't look good.

Hello.

Discharge letter, please.

- Name?

- Shaul Tzimmer.

ShauL

I don't have it yet.

You'll have to wait 10-15 minutes.

Ask him, he examined me,

he discharged me.

Yes, but it will take about 10-15 minutes.

He has a few more patients

to see, alright?

- Just wait a little longer.

- Fine, fine.

Were you in room 26?

Yes.

Was it your phone

that kept ringing all night?

Yes, sorry, did it bother you?

- A little, never mind.

- Sorry.

Look, I was there a few minutes ago,

so, please, I'd like to -

- So, please -

- I understand, but -

- I don't want to leave without the form.

- I know, you can't leave without the form.

No, but I shouldn't have to wait

so long for the discharge form.

You'll have to wait 10 minutes,

-just like everyone else.

- Fine, fine.

- So I wait and I wait, and nothing happens.

- A little more.

- I've been waiting for hours too.

- Unbelievable.

What happened?

I slipped.

- Where?

- On the street.

Ouch.

And you?

I hit my ex-boyfriend's mailbox

a little too hard, and sprained my hand.

It sucks.

- What's your name?

- Orly.

- And you?

- Shaul.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- Do you know what I do when I'm upset?

- What?

I pretend nothing's wrong,

like it's all good.

- Where?

- Here.

Where do you live?

I'm not from here.

I'm staying in the Carmel.

I'm going there too.

Orly, go to room 504, please.

- The orthopedic surgeon will see you now.

- Great.

Can you give me a piece of paper?

Here's my phone number.

Call me when you leave.

If I've been discharged by then,

we can share a cab.

I can help you

because we live close by.

Call me.

Whose horse is this?

Whose horse is this?

This is from the army.

- The cavalry?

- No, it's -

You see this? See your dad?

Dressed up as a policeman.

Wait, look.

Now you're going to see -

Who's there?

Dad.

- What happened?

- What happened?

- Michal, what are you doing here?

- Mom dropped me off.

Ronit called, and...

I guess she really wanted to see you.

So she dropped her off.

I left you a message.

- How hug have y nu been here'?

- Mew hours.

- What happened?

- I'm alright. I slipped.

How are you?

I'll get the bags.

We're driving home.

- Driving back?

- No, I'm staying here.

- I'm fine.

- You can't drive.

- Hold on.

- Did you go to the hospital?

Shaul, you can't go.

Shaul, come sit down

and have a drink.

Did she bring a bag with her?

- Give me her bag.

- You can't drive like that. You can't.

Calm down,

then you can decide what to do.

If you want, you can stay here

or you can leave.

- Please get me her bag.

- I'll get you the bag!

I'll get you the bag!

Why don't you answer my calls?

- What's going on?

- Calm down.

Read this. What is it?

He was in the hospital.

That's Dad's foot.

I can't see anything.

Look, Shimon.

Look what happened to him.

- I don't know what it means.

- Look.

ANKLE STRETCHING EXERCISES

Dad?

Dad!

Dad!

Good morning.

Are you alright?

Did you sleep well?

What's wrong?

I'm not telling you.

Are you mad?

Why did you leave me and Mom?

Well.

I say, let's have breakfast,

we'll have Choco Splash

and make a day out of it.

What do you say?

I say let's go see Bati.

Why do you want to go see Bati?

Come on. Let's do something together.

We'll have fun.

Let's go.

That's why you have to stop bothering me.

But you're pulling me, and I don't like it.

I don't like it.

And I don't like it when you walk so slow.

Michal, stop it.

- What was that?

- You're annoying!

No, no, don't hit Daddy.

Don't hit Daddy.

What are you doing?

Come here.

Bati says it's all in your head,

it's nonsense.

What does that mean?

You say you're in pain.

Bati talks nonsense.

Wait, I have to stop for a few minutes.

Daddy needs to rest.

Sweetheart, wait.

Wait, okay?

Michal!

Don't run out into the road!

Dad.

Dad.

Dad, get UP-

Get up.

Let go.

Let go of your thoughts,

past and future.

Be with me and Michal in the present.

That's what we want

Shimon to do, don't we?

He's so preoccupied.

Let's see.

Shimon's so sweet.

Hi, Shaul, you're just in time.

In this moment,

we are feeling the present,

for obvious reasons.

Because Grandpa Shimon's angel

is coming, isn't he?

We're going on ajourney.

Shimon's angel will come and tell us,

Shimon doesn't have to go

to the past, right?

He should be with us in the present.

Because Dad and Michal

are in the present,

and Bati is in the present.

- Is this supposed to move?

- Let's see.

Let's be quiet.

Let's try to feel it,

maybe it's warm.

- Shaul, do you feel warmth?

- Here, yes.

What is that?

How did that happen?

- What is it?

- It's happening.

It's happening and getting closer.

There.

Michal, Shimon, are you paying attention?

- What is it?

- The present.

- Who's doing that?

- We're in the present.

You are, Shimon.

So are Michal and Bati.

- This is such an important moment.

- Wait. Wait, it's -

I don't agree with this.

I don't know what it is.

Michal, move your hand, please.

An important thing

is happening to all of us.

We are going to solve everything.

Go and brush your teeth?

It's late.

Michal, 10 minutes,

and then you go to bed.

10 minutes.

Do we support the man

we came to heal?

Do we support the man

we came to heal?

Do we em power the man

we came to heal?

We are asking a question.

Do we love the man

we came to heal?

Stone.

Fulfillment.

It has powers.

We take it...

and we give it.

ORLY:

The tiger.

The tiger.

Wow.

It's so big.

Let's take pictures.

Come on.

It's a Bengali tiger.

Do you know how much it weighs?

It weighs -

He's so cute.

The tiger's from India, you know.

Let's take a picture.

- Want me to?

- No, I want to.

Press here.

Stand with us.

- Can you see it?

- Yes.

- Dad.

- Come on, join us.

There.

That was scary.

Smile.

Hello, parrots!

I've already seen them with Mom.

I want to see something else.

Monkeys?

- Monkeys are the best.

- Monkeys are the best.

Wanna see monkeys?

- Dad.

- What?

- Perhaps we should go.

- Go?

She doesn't like it here.

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Raphaël Nadjari

Raphaël Nadjari (Hebrew: רפאל נדג'ארי‬; born 1971) is a French-Israeli writer and director for film and television. In 1993, Nadjari started working for French television as a writer and director. In 1997, he wrote the television screenplay Le P'tit Bleu, which was directed by Francois Vautier for Arte as part of the TV drama collection Petits Gangsters. The same year he wrote and directed his first US feature, The Shade (released in 1999), which starred Richard Edson, Lorie Marino, and Jeff Ware. It was an adaptation of A Gentle Creature by Dostoevsky that Nadjari updated, setting it in contemporary New York City. This film was an official selection for Un Certain Regard at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and also appeared at the Deauville Film Festival; the film was awarded in Bergamo Film Festival (Italy). At the end of 1999, Nadjari directed his second feature, I Am Josh Polonski's Brother (2001). Starring Richard Edson and Jeff Ware, it was shot on Super 8 mm film in New York. The film opened in Paris on June 6, 2001, and was selected for the Forum for New Cinema at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2001. The same year, Nadjari shot the film Apartment #5c in New York; it was released in 2002. The film starred Richard Edson and Tinkerbell, an Israeli actress, and was selected in Cannes' Director's Forthnight. In 2004, Nadjari filmed Avanim in Tel Aviv with Asi Levi who has been nominated for Best Actress in the European Film Award. The film received also the Best Film award in Cinéma Tous Ecrans and the Best Director award in the Cannes 2005 France Culture Award, Awards at the Seville Film Festival. In 2006 Tehilim was set in Jerusalem and stars Michael Moushanov and Limor Goldstein, two prominent figures of Israeli television and theatre; it has been shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in the Official Selection and won the Tokyo Filmex Best Film Award the same year. In 2009, his documentary A History of Israeli Cinema, a two-episode film of 104 minutes each, telling the story of Israeli Cinema since 1933 until today, was screened at the Berlin film festival forum.In 2013, A Strange Course of Events, a film set in Haifa was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.Nadjari's 2016 film Night Song (Mobile étoile) won the Tobias Spencer Award (in the Between Jewish and Israeli Identity competition) at the Haifa International Film Festival. more…

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