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  • 2021
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2021
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary Asia (Alena Yiv) and Vika (Shira Haas) are more like sisters than mother and daughter. Young mom Asia hides nothing about her work-hard, play-hard lifestyle, and expects the same openness and honesty from teenage Vika. But Vika is at an age where privacy and independence are paramount, and inevitably begins to rebel against her mom’s par...

Directed By: Ruthy Pribar

Written By: Ruthy Pribar

  • 2021
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2021
  • Menemsha Films
  • 1 h 25 m

Asia

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Asia (Alena Yiv) and Vika (Shira Haas) are more like sisters than mother and daughter. Young mom Asia hides nothing about her work-hard, play-hard lifestyle, and expects the same openness and honesty from teenage Vika. But Vika is at an age where privacy and independence are paramount, and inevitably begins to rebel against her mom’s par...

Directed By: Ruthy Pribar

Written By: Ruthy Pribar

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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100
Jul 2, 2021
Pribar’s humane and heartbreaking drama is beautifully photographed and performed; a loving, warm, and even sexy film about death and dying that is teeming with life.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
83
Jun 6, 2021
Pribar’s subtle movie eschews sentimentalism for a patient and inquisitive character study, mining familiar territory and rejuvenating it with emotional impact that worms its way into the material from unexpected places.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 6, 2021
From Daniella Nowitz’s muted, intimately lit lensing to the plaintive, judiciously used piano strains of Karni Postel’s score, every formal element of Asia serves to illustrate and enrich the tricky, evolving relationship at its center — brushing, rather than milking, the viewer’s tear ducts along the way.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 6, 2021
This impressive Israeli feature debut from Ruthy Pribar stars a mesmerising Shira Haas.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 6, 2021
The maturity of the directorial voice is evident in its clear-eyed, rigorously unsentimental assessment of a shattering situation.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 6, 2021
This is a candid, sober, well-acted debut by the first-time director Ruthy Pribar.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 10, 2021
Asia and Vika struggle to emerge as full-fleshed characters from the movie’s dull, blue-grey frames, while the script rushes through provocative plot turns in its bleak procession toward a wrenching conclusion.
By Devika Girish FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Gum Films
Release Date Jun 11, 2021
Duration 1 h 25 m
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Website https://www.menemshafilms.com/asia
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Awards

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 9 Wins & 13 Nominations
Jerusalem Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Tribeca Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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