Savi Gabizon

He is an Israeli filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. His first feature film, Shuroo, a satirical social comedy which he both wrote and directed, was released in 1991. It was a box office success, and won several prizes, including seven Ophir Awards from the Israeli Academy of Film and Television. His other films LOVESICK ON NANA STREET (1995), NINA'S TRAGEDIES (2003) or LONGING (2017) also won numerous prizes.

Longing

A film by Savi Gabizon

2017 - Israel - Drama

Ariel, a well-off, childless man, gets a phone call from his college girlfriend. She needs to tell him a couple of very surprising things: first, when they broke up twenty years ago, she was pregnant and went on to have a lovely boy. The second thing will make Ariel explore the hidden aspects of parenthood and change his life forever.