Home Port

Drama. 96 min.
In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles.
Synopsis:
After 30 years at sea, single dad Aharon Avital arrives home in time for the birth of his first grandchild and looks forward to living a normal life at last. He is appointed Head of the Marine Department at the Ashdod Port.  Almost immediately, he clashes with Azulay, a corrupt, yet benevolent dock boss whose men admire him. Disrupting the Sephardi-Ashkenazi, generational and class status quo that has reigned at the port for years, Aharon nonetheless presses forward with his clean-up agenda. Simultaneously, he falls in love with Yelena, an attractive single mom who works as a customs official at the port. Aharon will eventually have to make a cruel choice only to discover that a much larger force—privatization—has reshuffled the cards.

Stars:  Shmil Ben Ari (Lost Islands), Yoram Hattab (Nina’s Tragedies),Dalia Beger (Jaffa), Liron Ben-Shlush (Maya) and Eyal Rozales (Wounded Land) and Yaakov Zada Daniel (Next to Her)
Director: Erez Tadmor
Writers: Shlomo Efrati, Erez Tadmor

Awards: Nominee, 3 Ophir Awards. Best Cinematography, Haifa International Film Festival