‘How do you feel about intimate relations? Speak freely, don’t hold back.’ · ‘I think it’s the highest nnection between two souls.’ Benny’s hair is as red as the fur of her devout father’s treasured calf – which he believes will bring salvation. But the 17-year-old feels as lonely and trapped as the calf in its enclosure. Benny’s mother died giving birth to her, and she grew up alone with her caring yet patriarchal father. He is a figure of authority and a mentor for many people in their Jerusalem religious munity. Benny bees increasingly critical of her father’s religious, uian nationalism and then there’s Yael, the self-nfident young woman who has set off a whirlwind of longing and emotions in her. Avigayil Koevary powerfully portrays the defiance and desire of a young woman in Tsivia Barkai Yav’s debut feature film.
