The Human Resources Manager

I was recently invited by Lilith Magazine to contribute postings on their film blog.

Please read my posting about Eran Riklis' new film, The Human Resources Manager, which is definitely the most important Israeli film of the year!

It is a film about the transformation of an Israeli self-centered workaholic into a man of caring and compassion as he tries to make atonement for how we treat migrant workers.

Based on a novel by A.B. Yehoshua.

check out my posting at the Lilith Magazine site

The Human Resources Manager

Last night, the big winner of the Israeli Oscars (Ophir Prizes) was The Human Resources Manager, directed by Eran Riklis. The film won awards for best film, best scriptwriter and best director. The winner of the Ophir Prize for best film automatically becomes the Israeli entry to the American Academy Awards. The film was also the big winner at Locarno this year.

Riklis is a local filmmaker who has made himself a reputation internationally with Cup Final, Syrian Bride and The Lemon Tree. This time his film is a literary adaptation, based on a novel by A.B. Yehoshua (called Woman of Jerusalem), script by Noah Stollman (who also wrote the script for Someone to Run With).

The film, which tells the story of a form of personal atonement for how we treat foreign workers in our midst, will open to the Israeli public after the holiday of Succot.