Debora will do anything to make her daughter’s Violeta Bat Mitzcah as happy and glamorous as possible.

The final preparations for the Bat Mitzvah raise many conflicts for Debora and her daughter; Debora’s financial hardship, Violeta’s rare bone disease, coping with fragmented family, as her two older sons stayed in Argentina, and alienation in a foreign country.

Still, against all odds, they create their own world full of humor, imagination and love, and together they make their way to the Bat Mitzvah they longed for.


Violetta Ma Vida

(Documentary, 50min, DVD, 2012, HD, color)

Written and Directed by: Or Sinai
Production: The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School - Jerusalem (JSFS)
Language: Hebrew and Spanish with English subtitles

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$29.90

Synopsis


Debora will do anything to make her daughter’s Violeta Bat Mitzcah as happy and glamorous as possible.

The final preparations for the Bat Mitzvah raise many conflicts for Debora and her daughter; Debora’s financial hardship, Violeta’s rare bone disease, coping with fragmented family, as her two older sons stayed in Argentina, and alienation in a foreign country.

Still, against all odds, they create their own world full of humor, imagination and love, and together they make their way to the Bat Mitzvah they longed for.


Awards

  • The Alex Bernstein Production Award, The Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2012

Festivals

  • The Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2012
  • DocAviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2013

Festivals

  • The Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2012
  • DocAviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2013

Educational

  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Duke University

Awards

  • The Alex Bernstein Production Award, The Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2012