100 Men: A cinematic stroll on stage
Hadas Neuman
Thursday | 14/11/2024 | 18:00 | The new performance hall (formerly Cinema Chen)
Israel | 70 min. | Hebrew | Performance
A widowed florist, a retired womanizer, an aging DJ, a street cleaner, a man who lost his memories… These are just some of the 99 men that filmmaker Hadas Neumann has been documenting for two years. She walks around a neighborhood in Givatayim, allowing herself to meander across different streets, all whilst looking for one man in particular – her father, a resident of the neighborhood, with whom she is forbidden to meet. Getting to know these other men who are her father’s age, who open their hearts, their apartment and the plot of their lives to her, reveals to Hadas something about local patriarchy, loneliness, regret, love, compassion and fatherhood. In a show that moves between film and stage, between drama and humor, Hadas seeks to deal with the constant absence.
On an almost empty stage, a single walker stands under a beam of light. She starts walking, and for about an hour, doesn’t stop. Through a combination of video projection, live narration and performative actions, Hadas takes the audience with her on a journey through the paths of her life in an attempt to find the 100th man.
Created and Performed by: Hadas Neuman | Choreography and Dramaturgy: Orian Michaeli | Cinematography & Video Edit: Hadas Neuman | Soundtrack Edit: Yuri Priymenko | Lighting Design: Rotem Elroy
Thanks to: Gesher Film Fund, Negev Film Fund, The New Fund For Cinema And TV, The Netherland Film School