The Cage
The story unfolds at a Tel Aviv Cafe during the first Intifada (1988) between a Palestinian cook and an Israeli bartender.
Amit Goren
During the Palestinian uprising (Intifada) in 1988, a Tel Aviv bartender working at a billiard club, goes on reserve duty in the occupied territories. The transition from urban nightlife to the pursuit of suspected Palestinians activists shocks Yoav and forces him into an unexpected involvement with Yusuf, the Palestinian cook working at the club. Directed and Produced by Amit Goren | Screenplay: Yair Tribalski, Amit Goren | Camera: Jorge Gurevitch, Gadi Danzig | Editing: Tali Halter-Shenkar | Original music: Yoav Goren. Awarded the "Prix Futura Berlin for Televison Fiction" - Int'l Television Festival, Berlin 1991, "The Silver Mikeldi" Award - Bilbao Short and Documentary Films Festival 1989, the "Golden Plaque for Narrative Short", Chicago Film Festival 1989 and " Special Commendation" at the Jerusalem Film Festival 1989. Israeli Films Retrospective - Jeu d'Pomme Gallery, Paris 1992.