Film:
Restoration
Showtimes:
Wednesday Mar 28 07:30 PM
Location:
Doris Duke Theatre
About the Film:
Directed by Yossi Madmony, Israel, 2010; 105 mins., in Hebrew with English subtitles, Hawai‘i premiere
When his business partner dies, Yakov Fidelman discovers that his furniture-restoration shop is in financial straits. His estranged son proposes scrapping the shop to build apartments. When Fidelman’s mysterious new apprentice finds a neglected 1882 Steinway piano in the workshop, it could be the answer to his financial woes. Winner: Best Screenplay, Sundance Film Festival; Best Film, Jerusalem Film Festival
See the trailer.
