The Bells are Ringing for Ahuva Ozeri (2020)
In 1999, after a 23-year absence, gifted musician Ahuva Ozeri is planning a comeback. She's recording a new album - The Bells are Ringing. Ahuva, considered the queen of the Middle Eastern music, sits at home and makes a living as a cook at a meat restaurant. She hopes to break out again with the new album. But at the end of the recording, she is diagnosed with throat cancer and undergoes surgery where her vocal cords are cut. She loses her voice forever, but the album is very successful. It managed to cross audiences and becomes a consensus. This film is based on rare never before-seen materials, sketching her life's course.
Director: Ofer Pinhasov
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Ahuva Ozeri as Self (Archive Footage) |
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Moshe Ben Mosh as |
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Pnina Wahav as |
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Rami Danoch as |
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Berry Sakharof as Self (Archive Footage) |
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Alon Aboutboul as Self (Archive Footage) |
| Production | Ofer Pinhasov | Producer |
| Editing | Noa Keidan | Editor |
| Sound | Ronen Nagel | Sound Designer |
| Production | Dudi Patimer | Researcher |
| Directing | Ofer Pinhasov | Director |
| Writing | Ofer Pinhasov | Writer |
| Editing | Tamar Kay | Editor |
| Editing | Ron Ben-Meir | Colorist |
| Camera | Ran Aviad | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Daniel Kedem | Director of Photography |