Aviya's Summer
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A young girl and her mother both carry the scars of their experiences during the holocaust in this drama from Israel. In 1951, Aviya is a ten-year-old girl being raised by her single mother, Henya, in a small village in Israel. Henya is a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, and has come out of the experience considerably worse for wear; she's haunted by the memories of her past, and has become emotionally unstable. Circumstances for her and her daughter are hardly improved by the poverty of the newly wounded state of Israel, and their own difficult economic circumstances. Aviya, meanwhile, is obsessed with finding her missing father, and wonders if he might be the man who has just moved into their village. Henya, however, knows better, and knows why Aviya's father is never coming back to them.
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Part of Aviya’s childhood
2 films
Cast
13 people
Gila Almagor
Henya Aleksandrowicz
Known for
Munich
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Kaipu Cohen
Aviya Aleksandrowicz
Also in
חלונות
Eli Cohen
Max Gantz
Known for
Jesus
Avital Dicker
Maya Abramson
Also in
Ugly Esti
The Song of the Siren
Yossi Kantz
Moshe
Also in
Rosh Gadol
The Sykariki
Rami Baruch
Haim Altman
Also in
The Island
The Song of the Siren
Marina Rossetti
Lena Gantz
No other roles listed
Ariella Miniely
Puah
Known for
Hot Bubblegum
Ruthy Wysenbeek
Masha Gantz
No other roles listed
Sandra Sade
Aunt Alice
Known for
The Cakemaker
Yitzhak Goren
Teacher
No other roles listed
Solly Ganor
Dr. Engel
No other roles listed
Eli Cohen Director · Gila Almagor Writer Haim Bouzaglo Writer
United States release October 10, 1989 · Produced in Israel · Production Gila Almagor
Production
Summer of Aviya Ltd.
Production
Gila Almagor
Production
Israel
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Languages
Original title
הקיץ של אביה
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Hebrew
Release dates
Israel · July 14, 1988
Theatrical
United States · October 10, 1989
Theatrical
Russia
April 21, 1990 · Limited theatrical · Israel Film Week in Moscow
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