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...these sessions, the women engage each other in a conversation only they can understand. Ben-Dor tells us in a voiceover as the film begins that since the attacks, the five women have become best friends and support each other continually...
...Dor keeps the camera tightly focused on her subjects as they undergo healing therapy. The filmmaker’s keen attention to the powers of touch give the film a gentle sense of feminine consolation...
...women sit in a circle among white pillows and sheets, cathartically revisiting their memories of the attack. The film cuts between their anguished faces in sessions and footage taken at each woman’s home as she shows Ben-Dor the artifacts left by loved ones...
...film takes a clear political stance on the inadequate comfort and aid offered to the families of these victims. “Israel is a country that knows how to grieve for her military victims but not for her civilians,” Ben-Dor says, speaking in an interview last week...
...surprisingly uninterested by the perpetrator or the political implications of the event. “What made me fall in love with them is that they’re not angry. They’re not Israeli in that way. They are accepting it,” Ben-Dor says. “They’re such noble women with such big hearts,” she adds...