SYNOPSIS

Based on a novel by Amos Oz
The controversial story "Judas" is set in Jerusalem in the winter of 1959. Shmuel Ash, a sensitive student who has dropped out of university because his father’s finances had collapsed, is hired by Atalia Abravanel (45), as a live in companion to an elderly, incapacitated man, Gershom Wald, to converse and argue with him daily, so he will keep his sharpness.
Wald learns from Shmuel that he has stopped working on his thesis which dealt with Jewish views on Jesus. The conversation between these two protagonists grapples with the humanity of Jesus, but at the same time sees the story of Christ and the betrayal of Judas as responsible for more bloodshed of Jews than any single story in history, being, the core of European anti-Semitism, pogroms, persecutions, inquisitions, massacres and  the Holocaust. Another important part of the story is the relationship that develops between Shmuel and  Wald’s daughter-in-law, Atalia a sensual and mysterious woman.

REVIEWS

“So nice to see Wolman, the oldest filmmaker working in Israeli cinema today, now 81 years old, at the height of his power.
Praise to actor Doron Tavori who delivers here a chilling performance - actors Livni and Markel are both excellent...

Quietly, patiently, with human love, Dan Wolman follows his characters, penetrating their soul.
A beautiful film.