HaMeorer

I'm not sure this isn't the same film that IMDB lists as Rabbi Heller Blues. Writer/director Renen Schor tells of Rabbi Heller his grandfather, who was unhappy that Schor declined a life of religious study and instead embraced filmmaking - even though the film he made, Late Summer Blues, was considered an instant classic of Israeli cinema. Why should we care? Because as he looks back, Schor feels a lot of love behind the disagreement, and because the story brings us nostalgically back to the Israel of half a century ago by way of many well selected and well arranged clips and photos, backed by attractive music from Ehud Banai. It makes for a wistful movie, maybe on the one hand not quite as impactful for the world at large as for Israelis who will recognize some landmarks and some scenery, but still on the other hand offering universal appeal in its portrayal of the younger generation as the retroactively loyal opposition.