Here We Are (2020)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 94 minuten
Alternative titles: Hine Anachnu / הנה אנחנו
Country:
Israel / Italy
Directed by: Nir Bergman
Stars: Shai Avivi, Noam Imber and Smadi Wolfman
IMDb score:
7,1 (637)
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mrklm
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Aharon [Shai Avivi] has been caring for his severely autistic son Uri [Noam Imber] for so long that he believes Uri cannot survive without him. Uri's mother Tamara [Smadi Wolfman]'s attempts to place Uri in a care center where he has to learn to stand on his own two feet fail, because Aharon sees his son's reluctance as a sign that Uri cannot live without his father. And so father and son get away. Bergman's screenplay follows the formula of the road movie – and Rain Man in particular – but it's hard to sympathize with a man who is, in effect, kidnapping his own child.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
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Honest Israeli film about the bond between a father and his adult son who has autism and a mental disability. The film evolves into a road movie because the father does not want his son to be committed to an institution, unlike his ex-wife. I also found this coercive measure unclear for a long time. The son is well off at home, is well cared for and has everything he needs: from care to love.
The film confronts you with the dilemma to what extent you should take care of yourself and when you should call in professional help, residential or otherwise. I didn't find the father selfish, rather altruistic because he is endlessly committed to his son. This feeling is only reinforced with the closing scenes where the father realizes - even after his wife's final approval to keep his son at home - that he might be wrong after all. Not so much wrong, but it did give him the insight that the institution also has its assets for the development of his son.
Not a sentimental movie. No Rain man either. And although I don't like those explicit autism films (with a mental disability), this film is warm and subdued. Some nice scenes too like with the door switch and the ice cream.
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K. V.
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- 3777 votes
Brought this one along and it wasn't bad. A kind of road movie/drama about a father with an autistic son. The story never got boring or boring. The playing time was also good, not too long and not too short.
Worth seeing once.
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