Close to Home (film)

Close to Home
theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dalia Hager Vidi Bilu
Starring	Smadar Sayar Naama Schendar Irit Suki Katia Zimbris
Release date(s)	2005
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew

Close to Home (Karov la bayit) is a 2005 Israeli movie. It is the first film about the experience of women soldiers in the Israeli army.

Smadar (Smadar Sayar) and Mirit (Naama Schendar), both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. Worlds apart in their personality their initial frosty relationship changes to friendship as they deal with their own emotional issues, the crushes and break-ups in their love lives, as well as the political reality of the city they live in.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Distributors' synopsis". http://www.sodapictures.com/dvd/30/. 

See also

• Women's cinema

External links

• Close to Home at the Internet Movie Database
• UK distributor Soda Pictures
• Official UK Myspace