Proxima Competition 2024 / Tropicana / Israel, Canada 2024
A lonely middle-aged woman lives her monotonous life. Every morning, she goes to her job as a supermarket cashier, and every day after work she goes straight home to look after her ailing mother and the rest of the family. Nobody, however, seems to care. Then, the mysterious murder of her boss sets off a chain of events at the end of which she can be free and find her own worth. How to describe her journey? Perhaps best as a sexual odyssey, an exploratory expedition to places where an important role is played by carnality, desire, and its gratification. Tropicana is a subtly enigmatic reflection on conservatism, prudery, and the false ideal of physical beauty.
Anna Kořínek
82 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Omer Tobi
/ Screenplay Omer Tobi
/ Dir. of Photography Philippe Lavalette
/ Sound Adam Weingrod, Blaise Rival Emard, Gordon Neil Allen
/ Editor Guy Nemesh
/ Art Director Ben-Zion Porat
/ Producer Hilla Medalia, Gil Sima, Paul Cadieux
/ Production Medalia Productions, Sima films
/ Coproduction Filmoption International
/ Cast Irit Sheleg, Rivka Bachar, Ilanit Ben Yaakov, Dover Kozashvilli, Amir Ishar, Rinat Matatov, Lirit Balaban
/ Contact Medalia Productions, Sima Films
Omer Tobi (1989, Tel Aviv, Israel). Selected filmography: Fuck Off Berlin (2012, short), Hounds (Kalbei Tsaid, 2015, short), Set Me As a Seal Upon Thine Heart (2017, short), Tropicana (2024).
Medalia Productions
2 Barzilai street, 6511304, Tel Aviv
Israel
E-mail: [email protected]
Sima Films
1 Hess street, 6332462, Tel Aviv
Israel
E-mail: [email protected]
Omer Tobi
Film Director
Irit Sheleg
Actress
Gil Sima
Producer
Hilla Medalia
Producer
Guy Nemesh
Film Editor
Nelly Horowitz
Costume Designer
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