Actually, Ya'ara has everything: She is pretty, happily married and has excellent prospects for a university career. Yet when she meets the much older Arie, a friend of her father, her perfect world falls apart. She succumbs to his fascinating, erotic and contradictory powers of attraction. Curious and hungry for life, she throws herself into the whirlpool of an amour fou which tears down all the structures of her former existence. In the process, she not only realizes that her parents have been guarding a secret to which Arie is the key but also that no love and no man alone may determine her life.
Based on the bestselling novel by the Israeli author Zeruya Shalev.
Please also ask for Zeruya Shalev - The Song of Love - a moving documentary about the author, who fascinates readers throughout the world.
Bavarian Film Award 2007 (best cinematography, best score)
German Film Award 2008 (best cinematography)
AUDIENCE AWARD at Stockholm Int. Film Festival 2008
Rome Film Fest 2007 (official selection)
Hof Int. Film Festival 2007
Awards
Bayerischer Filmpreis - Bavarian Film Award (2007)
Pierrot
won Achievement in Cinematography ()
Stockholm International Film Festival (2008)
Stockholm International Film Festival Awards
won People's Choice Award ()
Deutscher Filmpreis - German Film Award (2008)
Deutscher Filmpreis
won Best Cinematography ()
Key Information
Original Title | Liebesleben |
Genre |
Romance Erotica Contemporary drama Psychological drama |
Produced by: | x filme GmbH |
Year Of Production | 2008 |
Duration | 01h44h10h00 min |
Country Of Origin | Germany, Israel |
Language Versions | English [OV], German [SUB TITLE], French [SUB TITLE] |
Cast & Crew
Director/s | Maria Schrader |
Cast | Netta Garti Rade Sherbedgia Tovah Feldshuh Stephen Singer |
Producer/s | |
Writer/s | Maria Schrader |