Farewell Party, The

Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon / IL, DE, 2014 / 95 min.

As provocative as it is sensitive, this drama with its well-timed moments of comic relief won the Audience Award at last year’s Venice film festival. A group of friends in a retirement home in Jerusalem builds a small device for self-euthanasia to help a terminally ill friend. First long feature film by the Israeli filmmakers Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon.