SUNDAY | 12:00pm
Sponsored by the Consulate General of Israel to New England
Tamar Tal Anati
1h7m | 2021 | Israel | BOSTON PREMIERE
Anat Gov, one of the most influential playwrights in Israeli theatre, accepts and prepares for her death, wishing to leave behind a spiritual legacy: ‘there is such a thing as a happy ending, it is possible to die in peace’. Anat contacts Arik Kneller, her literary agent and asks to meet and this intimate meeting was brilliantly documented, becoming the basis for this film. Anat was a creative, powerful and significant woman who wrote about death and depicted family relationships with captivating honesty and a distinct humor. In her writings she dares to invite God and the Angel of Death to converse. In all the formats of her writings, Anat expressed her views, concerns and objections in a direct and courageous manner. Through animated pieces from her plays, footage from her family & political world, a new script is written in which we meet Anat. On This Happy Note is an invitation to an intimate conversation with a bold artist, whose unique and sincere perception of life and death continues to resonate as an inner dialogue with each viewer who leaves the cinema.
World Premiere Docaviv International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel.