Princess

Tali Shalom Ezer : 2014

Adar, a bright and sensitive 12-year-old girl, must manoeuvre amid the tempestuous and fiery relationship between Alma, her workaholic mother and Michael, her young stay-at-home stepfather. While her mother is away from home, Adar is left in Michael's care, who gradually turns their strong love and attachment into risky role-playing games. Roaming the city streets, Adar meets Alan, a dreamy boy who keenly resembles her, and brings him into the family. Alan's presence seems to have a positive effect on their lives, until the relationship between Michael, Adar and Alan takes a sinister turn. After failing to enlist her mother's help, Adar finds she has no one to depend upon but Alan, and the two young friends embark on a dark journey between childhood and adolescence, reality and fantasy, which will forever change the rules of the game in the household. Tali Shalom Ezer's second feature was winner of the Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature at Jerusalem Film Festival 2014, and had its international premiere in competition at Sundance Film Festival 2015.