Synopsis
A couple live with their teenage son on a hill overlooking a small town. The mother earns the family upkeep by washing bedclothes for the local hotels. But there are problems with the water supply, which is at best irregular. One day, a father arrives with his daughter. Using a divining rod, they promise to find a spring in the parched earth, dig a well there and resolve the family's precarious situation. In reality, however, the newcomers are fulfilling a need much stronger than the thirst for water. Thirst is a quiet, intense drama, in which the tensions between the five characters slowly come to a head via body language rather than words.
Bio
TAWFIK ABU WAEL (*1976) studied film direction at the University of Tel Aviv. For Atash, the Arab Israeli has won a multitude of awards, including the FIPRESCI Prize at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes.
Info
Original Title: Jajda
International Title: Thirst
Category: Feature
Section: Kaleidoskop
Version & Subtitles: Bulgarian, Arabic OV with English subtitles
Director: Svetla Tsotsorkova, Tawfik Abu Wael
Screenplay: Tawfik Abu Wael, Svetoslav Ovtcharov, Svetla Tsotsorkova, Ventsislav Vasilev
Cast/Protagonists: Monika Naydenova, Alexander Benev, Svetlana Yancheva, Ivaylo Hristov, Vassil Mihajlov, Ivan Barnev
Production country: Bulgaria, Palestinian territories
Year of Production: 2015
Length: 90 min
Producer: Avi Kleinberger, Tawfik Abu Wael, Nadejda Koseva, Svetla Tsotsorkova
Production company: Zimeon Production, Front Film
Cinematography: Assaf Sudri, Vesselin Hristov
Editor: Galit Shaked-Shaul, Nina Altaparmakova, Svetla Tsotsorkova
Music: Wissam M. Jibran, Hristo Namliev
Production Design: Boaz Katzenelson, Georgi Todorov - Jozy
World Sales: Keiko Funato, Alpha Violet
Distributor: mec film
