Happy You’re Alive
Year | 2011 |
Director(s) | Hilla Medalia |
Runtime | 59 min |
Producer(s) | Hilla Medalia, Itai Horstock |
Editor(s) | Tor Ben Mayor |
Happy You’re Alive follows the lives of two men struggling after their encounters with war. This film documents the tragedy of battle in the West Bank and the repercussions that war inflicts upon society, which raises questions of awareness. Both men deal with the terror of their memories in different ways, one turning to music and one to therapy. For more than two years the film crew captured their journey from the inferno of the battlefield and back to the ocean of life. Through the experiences of these men, this film shows that from the most unimaginable pain, one can find strength to live on.
Hebrew with English subtitles.