Telluride Buy: Kino Lorber Takes Jewish Faith Drama 'Tikkun' (Trailer)

With shades of Dreyer and Bresson, buzzed-about "Tikkun," Avishai Sivan's drama about an ultra-Orthodox man grappling with questions of faith in Jerusalem, has been acquired by Kino Lorber for US release. Winner of top honors at the 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival, including best film, best screenplay, best cinematography (Shai Goldman) and best actor (Khalifa Natour), the film took Locarno's Special Jury Prize before making its US premiere at Telluride. Further US festival dates will be announced soon, before a full theatrical, VOD and home media release in 2016. Here's the synopsis: Haim-Aaron (played by Aharon Traitel) is a bright, Ultra-Orthodox religious scholar living in...

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