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Perpetual Rehearsal (0+)

Israel, Latvia, 2009, b/w, 77 min.
Director: Herz Frank
In 1991, Moscow director Evgeny Arye and a handful of immigrants from the Soviet Union founded a new theatre in Israel named GESHER, a bridge in Hebrew. A bridge between people, between cultures, and now a bridge between arts. «Perpetual Rehearsal» is an amalgam of both theatre and documentary cinema, a bridge between their languages.

AWARDS

IFF dei Popoli «The best Director»

Herz Frank

Herz Frank

was born on 17.01.26 in Ludza, Lavia. Studied law in Moscow, graduated from military school, served as an officer in the Soviet Army in Transbaikalia. He worked as a journalist and photographer in Chita, Vladimir and Riga. Starting from 1962 he was scriptwriter and film director at Riga Film Studio. He has made more than 30 films awarded at many International Film Festivals. Herz Frank is one of the founders of the Riga school of poetic documentary. He has written two books «The Chart of Ptolemy» (1975) and «Turn Back at the Threshold» (2009). He is member of the Russian Film Academy. Herz Frank founded his film studio EFEF/ FRANKFILM. He lectures in different film schools all around the world.

FILMOGRAPHY

«Testament», 1962; «Salty Bread», 1964; «Midday», 1965/66; «District Town Chronicle», 1966; «The White Bells», 1962; «You and me», 1963; «Hands and Heart»,1965; «Year's Report», «235.000.000», «Without Legends», 1967; «Fourth Chairman», 1968; «Four Days in May», 1968; «Your Payday», 1971; «The Trail of Soul», 1972; «From Centaur», 1973; «Restricted Area», «Maksla (The Art)», «Diagnosis», 1975; «Maya Tabaka», 1976; «Pale Guard», 1977; «Ten Minutes Older», 1978; «Awakening», 1979; «Edgar Kaulin's Last Holidays», 1980; «Horse Power», 1981; «Boots, Shoes, Boots...(the Queue)», 1982;
«Stranger's Pain», 1984; «Seven Simeons», 1985; «The Sard», 1986; «The Last Judgement», 1987; «The Song of Songs», «Seven Simeons», 1989; «The Jewish Street», 1992; «Wailing Wall Man», 1998; «Madonna with a Child», 2001; «Flashback», 2002.
Israel, Latvia, 2009, b/w, 77 min.
Director: Herz Frank
In 1991, Moscow director Evgeny Arye and a handful of immigrants from the Soviet Union founded a new theatre in Israel named GESHER, a bridge in Hebrew. A bridge between people, between cultures, and now a bridge between arts. «Perpetual Rehearsal» is an amalgam of both theatre and documentary cinema, a bridge between their languages.

AWARDS

IFF dei Popoli «The best Director»