Broken Mirrors

Broken Mirrors (Hebrew: מראות שבורות, romanized: Marot Shvurotl) is a 2019 Israeli drama film written and directed by Imri Matalon and Aviad Givon and starring Shira Haas.^[2] The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Rome Film Festival as part of the competition at the 18th edition of Alice in the City section.^[3][4]

Broken Mirrors
Film poster
Directed by	Imri Matalon, Aviad Givon
Written by	Imri Matalon, Aviad Givon
Produced by	Liora Landau, Ronit Reichman
Starring	Shira Haas Ariela
Cinematography	Daniel Miler
Edited by	Ronit Porat
Music by	Asher Goldshmidt
Distributed by	United Films
Release dates	April 2018 (2018-04) (Rome)[1] 28 March 2019 (2019-03-28) (Israel) 22 September 2020 (US)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew

Broken Mirrors was nominated for three Ophir Awards (Best Screenplay, Lead Actress for Shira Haas, and Casting),^[5] and won the Jury Prize at the 2019 SCHLINGEL International Film Festival.^[6] The film is distributed in Israel by United King Films and internationally by Wazabi Films.^[7][8]

Plot

The film depicts the relationship between Giora (Yiftach Klein) and his daughter, Ariela (Shira Haas). Giora, an officer with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, is a strict father who punishes his daughter for every boundary crossing. Their relationship even borders on sexual abuse. One day, Ariela causes a car accident due to inexperience, and Giora refuses to punish her. Ariela sets out on a journey to punish herself on as large a scale as possible and, along the way, discovers a concealed event from her father's military past, which serves as the cause of his behavior.

Cast

• Shira Haas as Ariela
• Yiftach Klein as Giora
• Renana Raz [he] as Nava
• Yoav Rotman as Ben
• Liora Rivlin