Time of Favor movie storyline. Is today’s fanaticism tomorrow’s policy? In a West Bank settlement, Rabbi Meltzer has a grand design: he’s building a movement “to pray at the Temple Mount.” His yeshiva has scholars, and the settlement is getting its own military company to be commanded by Menachem, a disciple of the rabbi. He also wants his daughter, Michal, to marry Pini, the yeshiva’s best scholar.
Michal has no interest in Pini, but she is attracted to Menachem. When she rebuffs Pini, he hatches a bold and secret plan. Is jealousy the motivation or something else? Meanwhile, the army and Mossad are closely watching the rabbi’s activities and Menachem’s military training. Who is trustworthy?
Time of Favor (in Hebrew, Ha-Hesder) is Israeli writer-director Joseph Cedar’s 2000 debut film, starring Aki Avni. The film plays out a psychologically complex love triangle in the middle of terrorist conflict in the Israeli occupied West Bank. The New York Times called it an “art house thriller,” and the Los Angeles Times said it was “one of the most successful contemporary Israeli films.”
Time of Favor (2002)
Ha-Hesder
Directed by: Joseph Cedar
Starring: Aki Avni, Tinkerbell, Idan Alterman, Assi Dayan, Abraham Celektar, Samuel Calderon, Micha Celektar, Shimon Mimran, Amnon Wolf, Uri Klauzner
Screenplay by: Joseph Cedar
Production Design by: Yair Greenberg
Cinematography by: Ofer Inov
Film Editing by: Tova Ascher
Costume Design by: Etti Lugassi
Music by: Jonathan Bar-Giora
Distributed by: Kino International
Release Date: January 18, 2002
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