The House On Tabenkin Street
5.00 out of 5
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Documentary
Written and Directed by: Liviu Carmely
Runtime: 85 Min.
A home is one of the most important elements in a man’s life. Some toil their entire lives to acquire a home of their own. For some this dream will never be realized. This film follows the process of constructing a house, the people who build it, the people who dwell in it, the people who never had a home and whose fates were sealed as a result thereof.
Produced by Yariv Mozer
Israel, 2008
The House On Tabenkin Street is a documentary focusing on both the old and the new. Carmely Liviu’s old house is being demolished but with that, new hope appears in his family. A touching documentary about the important things in life.
In a film about love, life and memories, new and old memories come mixed together. The house on Tabenkin Street focuses on Liviu Carmely’s life but says something much deeper and the reality of life in Israel and says something universal all at the same time. Powerful and true.
Sam Ewing, freelance writer said, “When you finally go back to your old hometown, you find it wasn’t the old home you missed, but your childhood”
In this biographical documentary, Liviu Carmely has begun the journey to Romania by visiting his mother, a person he hasn’t seen or heard from in 40 years. The tragedy of it all is that after 40 years, the cold and distant feelings remain the same. The questions may be answered, but the feelings remain the same.
Many people may relate to Carmely in their quest to “go back to their roots”. Carmely has only one picture of the past with his mother. He takes us to one house about to be demolished which he remembers living during an approximate age of 5-8. He was born in a jail, went from the Enescu family to Lungu family, to a custodian, then to her sister and finally to an orphanage. When he meets her, Carmely confronts his mother twice, challenges her, and comes away with nothing more than answers.
An adult tries to discover who is the person who was responsible for providing a child with a home, how did it go wrong, and how did they miss their childhood.
With his 22 month old son, and wife, Carmely’s mission is to show the viewer the construction site of a house being built, a house that is the foundation of a home with family, memories, and most important, the roots of a childhood. He said, “I want to see the house built, to see what a childhood looks like”. It is clear his son has a nurturing childhood.
The construction workers are interviewed and they talk of work, home, family, issues, pain and happiness, the things that make a house a home. …..Rizzo