Next to Her
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Next to Her
A Film by Asaf Korman
2014 - Israel - Drama - DCP - 2.35 - 90 min.
with Liron Ben Shlush , Dana Ivgy & Yaakov Daniel Zada
Language: Israeli
Produced by Haim Mecklberg and Estee Yacov Mecklberg
Chelli is raising her mentally disabled sister Gabby all by herself. When the social worker discovers she leaves her sister alone in the house while at work, Chelli is forced to place her in a day-care center and the void left by her sister's absence makes room for a man in her life. That man, Zohar, tears another crack in the symbiotic relationship of the two sisters.
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