We grew up in the same home, sharing the same childhood memories, yet today our lives are far apart along almost every conceivable axis. She is ultra-Orthodox (a follower of Chabad), while I am traditional. In this work, the complex encounter between us takes place in front of a mirror. The mirror is, ostensibly, the antithesis of the Other, a place where we are accustomed to searching only for ourselves. But when we stand before it together, the mirror begins to crack. It forces us to look not only at our own reflection, but at the reflection of the Other within ourselves.Read more
This is also the film’s deepest cinematic argument. The camera, even when it claims objectivity, always chooses. Always arranges. Always decides what enters the frame and what remains outside it. And if that is so, what is the difference between documentary and fiction?Read more