JIFF26 Tell Me Everything

This deeply moving family drama set amid the ‘80s pop frenzy follows a young boy's journey to rekindle his relationship with the father he reveres after discovering that he is gay, and received a record 16 nominations at the Ophir Awards.  Boaz is a 12-year-old boy nearing his bar mitzvah and manhood, and who idolises his father Meir. During an idyllic ‘80s summer, Boaz uncovers a startling revelation about Meir that threatens to tear their relationship apart, and causes him to question his preconceptions about masculinity, family and the man he has shaped himself after. Over several years, Boaz seeks to heal the rift between them and heal the bond that he never stopped yearning for.   With his second feature, director Moshe Rosenthal perfectly captures the experience of adolescence, blurred by confusion and fear and heightened by the paranoia of the AIDS era. Propelled by incredible performances, Tell Me Everything is an intimate and richly detailed film about familial love, and the difficult act of seeing people as they truly are.