«ONCE I ENTERED A GARDEN»: SWISS GERMAN PREMIERE AT FILMPODIUM

Swiss German Premiere of «Once I entered a Garden» by Avi Mograbi at Filmpodium Zürich on 1st of March 2014 at 19.30 in the presence of the director.

The presentation of the film will be followed by a discussion open to public, presented by Marcy Goldberg.

 

It begins with a dream about an impossible encounter between Avi Mograbi and his grandfather, Ibrahim, outside their Damascus home in 1920. What language did they speak? Avi’s Arabic is rudimentary, while his grandfather Ibrahim had yet to learn Hebrew. In the dream, Avi’s grandfather informs him that the family has decided to leave Syria for Palestine, Damascus for Tel-Aviv. In the dream, Avi decides to stay. “You go to Palestine,” he tells his grandfather, “I’ll stay here and look after the house.”