While You Weren’t Looking

Friday, June 3, 16:30 Cinematheque 2
Tickets are available at 03-6060800 ext. 9
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While You Weren't Looking
Director: Catherine Stewart
Cast: Sandi Schultz, Camilla Lily Waldman
South Africa, 2015, 76 min., English, no subtitles

Very few South African films are distributed in Israel. Most of them address the Apartheid era or, more specifically, particular characters of that era, such as Nelson Mandela.
While You Weren't Looking is, however, a contemporary movie describing the country's current political, economic and cultural challenges.
Dez and Teri are upper-class lesbians. They attempt to sustain their interracial relationship, which is experiencing difficulties.
The two women keep secrets from each other, leading a hypocritical existence and apparently ignoring the hardships experienced by their daughter, an art and gender studies student who is in love with a girl coming from an entirely different background.
This film, an original Out in Africa Festival production, is a multi-faceted drama revealing the working class-bourgeoisie divide, as well as the intricate nature of relationships.