Avraham Heffner

  • Avraham Heffner – Doda Clara AKA Aunt Clara (1977)

    1971-1980Avraham HeffnerDramaIsrael

    Clara, a Polish born Jew, living in Tel Aviv of the 1970’s, has her ideas about how people should behave, and runs everybody’s life accordingly: her husband, her sisters, their husbands, their children, her brother who lives in London (probably because it was the only way to get away from her…). Whenever something “improper” does happen, Clara’s way of handling it is simply to shove it under the carpet and ignore it completely, as if it never happened. 3 basic rules, are, of course: 1. Never marry some one “under” your class (Or the class you think you are). 2. Never become pregnant out of wedlock and 3. No Abortions. As one may expect, everything crumbles when her niece gives her no option, but to break at least one of those rules.Read More »

  • Avraham Heffner – Le’an Ne’elam Daniel Wax? AKA But Where Is Daniel Wax? (1972)

    1971-1980Avraham HeffnerDramaIsrael

    10 years after he left Israel and “played it big-time in America”, Benny Shpitz returns for a visit, self-exploring his youth, friends, dreams, beliefs and idol, Daniel Wax, who symbolized the “beautiful Israeli”. Shpitz finds out his friends are melancholic, unsatisfied with marriage life, hiding a vast hole in their sole. In a wider context, Israel post 67′ will no longer be the society that it was meant to be.Read More »

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