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Beyond the Fear

At 26, Yigal Amir assassinated Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin, Israel’s greatest hope for peace with Palestine, and was condemned to rot in prison for the rest of his days. Larissa Tremblova, a Russian academic who had settled in Israel with her children, was moved by the story of this young murderer. This poetic documentary follows the love affair that developed between the mother and the murderer, and how it attracted the collective interest of the Israeli people. For many years, the authors of this film have been trying to solve and perceive this complicated story of affection, and one of them, Herz Frank, passed away before filming finished, and will remain forever lost in its mysteries.

Awards

Russian National Prize, ‘The Laurel Branch’ (‘Lavrovaya vetv’) for Documentary and TV films (2014).
Russian Guild of Film Critics – Best Documentary of the Year (2014).

Herz Frank

Herz Frank was born in 1926 in Latvia. In 1947 he graduated from the School of Law in Moscow, and continued his work as a journalist, lecturer and advertisement designer in Vladimir from 1952 to 1954. Starting from 1959, Frank worked at the Riga Film Studios as a photographer, editor and a documentary film script writer and director. Frank directed over thirty documentaries that were awarded various national and international prizes. Before Frank sadly passed away in 2013, he resided in Israel and Latvia, where he worked as a member of the TV Academy of Eurasia, and was the owner of the production company, Studio EFEF.

Maria Kravchenko

Maria Kravchenko was born in 1981, in Grozny city, Chechenian Republic. After graduating from Journalism at State Saratov University in 2004, Maria continued her work in Moscow at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in the general areas of TV and PRESS.

Selected Filmography

Herz Frank

Perpetual Rehearsal / Mūžīgais mēģinājums (2009)
Flashback (2002)
The Man of Wall / Raudu mūris (Cilvēks no raudu mūra) (1998)
The Jewish Street / Ebreju iela (1992)

Maria Kravchenko

The Great Waltz / Lielais Valsis (2010)
Body Parts / Ķermeņa daļas (2009)
Kill Gauleiter / Nogalināt Gauleiteru (2007)
Collecting Shadows / Ēnu vācējs (2006)

 

Film sessions

09.23 Wednesday
  • Skalvija (Vilnius) 19:00


Information

Directors and Scriptwriters: Herz Frank, Maria Kravchenko
Cinematography: Herz Frank, Sergey Tsirkin, Israel Freedman, Alexander Gorev
Music: Karlis Auzans
Sound: Anrijs Krenbergs
Editing: Maria Kravchenko
Producer: Guntis Trekteris
Production: Ego Media
Latvia, 2014, 80’