The Fifth Heaven
New York Jewish Film Festival 2013
January 9 - 24, 2013
New York City Premiere! Director Dina Zvi-Riklis in person at both screenings!
A forbidden romance blooms for an orphaned Jewish teen in British-controlled Palestine in this beautifully realized 1940s coming-of-age drama.
New York City Premiere! Director Dina Zvi-Riklis in person at both screenings!
Set in 1944 in British-controlled Palestine, this beautifully realized coming-of-age drama tells the story of Maya, a teenager deserted by her parents and deposited at an orphanage for Jewish girls on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. As she waits—along with the other children and their adult supervisors—for liberation from crushing personal and national isolation, a forbidden romance blooms that throws into sharp relief not only her own struggles but those of her fellow exiles and the land that receives them.
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