Cloudburst [שבר ענן]

Author(s): Miriam Kainy
Zibale and Mitzi Schtein are Holocaust survivors who live in Israel. Anat Levi, a young woman, comes to their home to interview them about their deceased daughter. However, Anat is really their granddaughter. She had been adopted and is searching for her biological parents. Their meeting brings to the surface old and new traumas that Zibale and Mitzi had worked hard to repress. Produced by Bet Lessin, Tel Aviv, in Hebrew and translated into English.
Format: Drama
Cast Size:2F/1M

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Original or Prominent Production:
Bet Lessin, 2002
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Hebrew
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Institute of Israeli drama in memory of Hanoch Levin

Experience(s) Chronicled: Survivors and Subsequent Generations

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