The Returning Son
Directed By: Ido Jacoby (First Feature Film) /
38 Minutes
Israel, Thailand /
2016 /
Hebrew (English Subtitles)
Documentary / Biography; Coming of age
Territory Rights: WORLD-WIDE
Exhibition Format: DCP
Original Title: בן ממשיך
Synopsis
An agricultural-Zionistic family from Moshav Tomer in the Jorden Valley goes to Thailand. In order to meet the family of Chiri, the Thai man who runs the family’s goats place. Chiri fell in love and married Anat, the daughter of the family. I, Ido, Anat’s younger brother, have canceled my agricultural studies and disconnected myself from the family business. The situation has left Chiri as the sole successor of the business and the family heritage. The entire family goes to Thailand, to see Chiri’s family for the first time. While the youngest son Ido wants to understand his place in the family