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Asia Review — Asia (2020) Film Review, a movie directed by Ruthy Pribar, and starring Shira Haas, Alena Yiv, Tamir Mula, Ruth Farhi, Gera Sandler, Eden Halili, Liran David, Or Barak, Nadia Tichonova, Mirna Fridman, Tatiana Machlinovski, Evgeny Tarlatzky, Eran Ivanir, Matanya Bar-Shalom, and Andrey Bar. Asia, directed by Ruthy Pribar, showcases two fine [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Asia (2020): Shira Haas & Alena Yiv Excel in Ruthy Pribar’s Israeli Drama...

Certain films aren’t made for elevator pitches. “Arthouse ‘Gilmore Girls’ meets ‘The Fault in Our Stars'” would be one way to describe the array of familiar elements in “Asia,” while erasing any hint of the rare delicacy and emotional acuity with which Israeli writer-director Ruthy Pribar assembles them. In her unassumingly lovely debut feature, Pribar tackles thorny mother-daughter relations, terminal disease anguish and two generations of frustrated sexual yearning in a trim 85 minutes, without once shortcutting to easy sentimentality or high-pitched melodrama. She’s not alone on that balance beam, of course: A pair of exquisitely pitched, mutually reflective performances by Alena Yiv and Shira Haas (fresh from her Emmy-nominated breakout turn in Netflix’s “Unorthodox”) help this low-key, grownup family drama stick fast in the head and heart.

Having premiered in the spring courtesy of Tribeca’s virtual program — where it scooped three jury awards — “Asia” has since...

"Really, the only thing I ever got from a man is you." A promo trailer has been released for an Israeli drama titled Asia, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker / editor Ruthy Pribar, who has made a few shorts before this. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, where it won Three different prizes: Best Actress (Shira Haas), Best Cinematography, and the Nora Ephron Prize for director Ruthy Pribar. Asia is a young mother of a teen daughter. The two have a distant relationship, though living together they barely interact. While Asia is dedicated to her job as a nurse, the daughter Vika hangs out with her skateboard friends. Their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly. Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs. Starring Alena Yiv as Asia, and Shira Haas as Vika, along with Tamir Mula, Gera Sandler,...