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简介:10oclock,Saturdaymorning.AgroupofelderlywomenandmencarryplasticlawnchairsacrosstheMountHerzlNationalCemeteryinJerusalem.Intheshadeofanoldpinetree,theysitdown,inacircleanddiscussmatterssublimeandelevated.Forovertwodecades,the"Mt.HerzlAcademyhashelditsweeklymeetingatthiscemetery.Seatedbetweenthegravesofthenation'sdignitaries,theydebatethehistoryofmodernphilosophy,readpoetry,eatlunchanddeterminethefateoftheJewishnation.DirectorTaliShemeshhasbeenfollowingthe"Academy"forthelast5years,focusingontwomembers:Minia,thedirector'sgrandmother,andLena,hergreataunt.Thefilmunravelsthejagged,intense,almostimpossiblerelationshipbetweenthesetwoextremelydifferentwomen,whoeachbereavedofthemanshelovedremainboundtogetherbyhistoryandFate.Asdeathdecimatesthegroupthathasgivenmeaningtotheirlives,thefilmexplorestheconflictsbetweenLenaandMinia,andthefamilysecretsthathauntthem.Theresultisapoignant,intimate,sometimeshilariousportraitoftheHolocaustgenerationlikeyouveneverseenitbefore.…