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- Watch on Deadline Shoval first became friends with David Cunio, when he and his twin brother Eitan starred in his first feature Youth, which premiered in Berlinale’s Panorama in 2013.
- In a strange parallel which hit Shoval hard, the Cunios played brothers who kidnap a young woman using a military service-issued rifle to pay off family debts in the film As he processed what had happened to his friend, Shoval revisited raw footage, unedited behind-the-scenes material, and auditions, weaving them together in a documentary that served as both a personal letter and a multi-layered portrayal of the new reality in war-torn Kibbutz Nir Oz, where many were murdered or abducted.
- The visual journey reflected on what was and never will be again, the cruel separation of the brothers, and the inexplicable connection between life and cinema, memory and reality.
- Shoval never gave up hope that he would see David again, publicly declaring at screenings that he did not consider the film finished until he was back home and once he was, he would recut the ending.
