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Next to Her

Dir: Asaf Korman, 2014, Israel/France, 90 mins, Subtitles, Cert 15

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Mon 28 March 2016 // 18:00
Tue 29 March 2016 // 20:00 *

Tickets: £5 / £4 / £3 (TTT)

Chelli (Liron Ben-Shlush) has dedicated her life to helping her sister, Gabby (Dana Ivgy), a 24-year-old girl with a severe mental disability. The pair live together in a dingy apartment, existing in an unhealthily symbiotic bubble where everything from toothbrushes to baths are shared.

After a social worker insists that Gabby is enrolled in a day care centre where she forges new friendships and routines, Chelli feels abandoned and embarks on a romance with a colleague, Zohar. They fall in love and he moves in, slowly helping her to find a healthy distance from her sister. However, when it becomes apparent that Zohar and Gabby have their own special bond, Chelli's possessive streak is triggered and the extent of her co-dependence is revealed.

A striking and intriguing film, with remarkable performances from both leads, examining love and co-dependency with sympathy and insight.

"honest, authentic tale of sisters doing it for themselves" ★★★★ The Guardian

"Intelligently scripted, tactfully directed and superbly played, this is a compelling study in doing the right things for the wrong reasons" ★★★★ Empire

"brings a fresh eye to the complex emotions of suffocating co-dependency" ★★★★The List