‘As a Filmmaker, I Am a Bit of a Sadist’: ‘America’ Director Ofir Raul Graizer Says
04.07.2022 - 11:19
/ variety.com
Marta Balaga Following the success of Ofir Raul Graizer’s debut feature “The Cakemaker,” acquired by Netflix in the U.S. and already optioned for a Hollywood remake, securing financing for his second film “America” was much easier. But then the pandemic came.
“This made things extremely complicated,” he tells Variety.“We shot in 2020. There were still no vaccines, so we were basically making a film when there was a sense that the world was coming to an end. This was the feeling we had: a constant anxiety attack.”Now, “America” – a Laila Films production – will compete for the Crystal Globe award at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
With Beta Cinema handling world sales, it was produced by Itai Tamir. Michael Moshonov, Oshrat Ingedashet and Ofri Biterman star. In “The Cakemaker,” a German baker travels to Jerusalem in search of his dead male lover’s family.
This time, Eli – an Israeli swimming coach living in the U.S. – is forced to return to Tel Aviv after his father’s death. The trip is supposed to be brief, but his encounter with a childhood friend Yotam, running a flower shop with his fiancée Iris, has tragic consequences.“Life is full of things we cannot control.
As a filmmaker and writer, I am a bit of a sadist. I like putting my characters in these terrible situations, because they force you to confront who you are,” says Graizer.“There are feelings of guilt and shame and responsibility that come with it. I have two more screenplays featuring accidents and I have been wrestling with myself to find another way to move the story along.
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