film profile], Avishag wants to try something new: she wants her boyfriend Max to hit her during sex. Then there is Dror, an older man for whom she dog-sits sometimes. They all struggle with intimacy, each in a different way. But maybe it s really time to try something new.
Cineuropa:
In your film, people want to be open towards everything that comes their way. But there is
a certain amount of it seems?
Hadas Ben Aroya: I know what you mean. This film represents a generation that s trying to be bold, daring. What I was trying to express, and what I feel in my life, is that there is a price to pay when you are
film profile], captures really, really well, it s that divide between
trying to be liberated versus actually, truly being so. The people she shows may be young, walking around with that glittery
Euphoria make-up on, but they have already tried it all, and if there is one pressure they pile on themselves, it s just that: being fine with everything that comes their way. Any sexual fantasy, any secret your partner might suddenly share, and if the hesitant facial expressions are sometimes slow to catch up with the carefully chosen words, so be it. They will get there eventually. Meanwhile, glitter will help.
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Watch the First Trailer for Berlin Panorama Player All Eyes Off Me (EXCLUSIVE)
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Brussels-based Best Friend Forever Sales has given Variety exclusive access to the international trailer for Berlin Panorama player “All Eyes Off Me,” the sexually charged sophomore outing of actor-director Hadas Ben Aroya.
Told in three distinct yet related chapters, the film begins at a party in Tel Aviv where young Danny is trying to find Max to let him know that she’s pregnant with his child. Max, however, has other things on his mind and is with his new girlfriend, trying to live up to her violent sexual fantasies for the two of them. She wants to be hit and choked, which leaves her bruised when she visits an older man for whom she dog sits.
Berlinale-Bound All Eyes Off Me Nabbed by Best Friend Forever for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
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“All Eyes Off Me,” Hadas Ben Aroya’s drama which will world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, has been acquired by Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever for international sales.
Set to bow in the Panorama section, “All Eyes Off Me” takes place in contemporary Tel Aviv and weaves three stories portraying Tel Aviv’s youth. The plot revolves around Danny who is searching for Max at a party to tell him that she’s pregnant with his child. But Max just started a new relationship with the wild Avishag, who actually has someone else in mind.