Private Project

Gente que no es yo ---- People that are not me

ESPAÑOL ---------------- Sinopsis

Joy tiene 25 años pero parece estar detenida en el tiempo. Desde que se separó de su novio deambula por la nostalgia de una relación que solo existe en la memoria de un pendrive. La adolescente tardía y alienada pasa sus días escondida en los cables de sus auriculares comiendo papas fritas con ketchup, alimentando con grasas trans el motor de su sufrimiento. Para anestesiar la herida, Joy arregla citas con otros chicos, pero la compañía de alguien que no respira como su enamorado profundiza su vacío. La directora Hadas Ben Aroya se pone en el cuerpo de la protagonista encantando las secuencias introspectivas con su mirada enigmática, dentro y fuera del plano. La cámara se mete entre las sábanas que comparte con sus amantes, exhibiendo una intimidad tan fresca que podemos sentir el aroma del sudor cuando las pieles se fusionan. People That Are Not Me, ópera prima de la cineasta israelí, es un drama sensible que nos hace viajar a la isla de un corazón desesperado que utiliza el dolor como veneno y antídoto de la tristeza narcisista.

ENGLISH ------- Synopsis

Joy is 25 years old, but she seems stopped in time. Ever since she broke up with her boyfriend, she wanders around the nostalgia of a relationship that only exists in the memory of a USB flash drive. This late and alienated teen spends her days hidden in the cables of her headphones eating fries with ketchup, fueling her suffering with trans fat. In order to anesthetize the pain, Joy dates other guys, but the company of someone whose breathingis different from the one of the man she loves only deepens her emptiness. Director Hadas Ben Aroya herself embodies the protagonist, casting a spell on the film’s introspective sequences with her mysterious gaze—both in and out of the shots. The camera gets beneath the sheets she shares with her lovers, displaying an intimacy so fresh that we can almost smell the sweat of different skins melting with each other. The first film by this Israeli filmmaker, People That Are Not Me, is a sensitive drama that takes us to the island of a desperate heart that uses pain as both the poison and the antidote for narcissistic sadness.

  • Hadas Ben Aroya
    Director
    Sex Doll (Short)
  • Hadas Ben Aroya
    Writer
    Sex Doll (Short)
  • Hadas Ben Aroya
    Producer
    Sex Doll (Short)
  • Hadas Ben Aroya
    Key Cast
    Sex Doll (Short)
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 16, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Israel
  • Country of Filming:
    Israel
  • Language:
    Hebrew
  • Shooting Format:
    DCP
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Locarno Film Festival - Signs of Life
    Locarno
    Switzerland
    November 15, 2016
  • Mar del Plata Film Festival
    Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    November 16, 2016
    Best Feature Film Award
  • ZINEBI

    Spain
    Special Mention
  • Göteborg International Film Festival
    Gothenburg
    Sweden
    August 25, 2016
  • Love Film Festival Tallinn
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    March 23, 2016
  • !f Istanbul Film Festival
    Istanbul
    Turkey
    July 13, 2016
  • Crossing Europe Film Festival
    Linz
    Austria
    July 12, 2016
  • Créteil International Women's Film Festival
    Créteil, París
    France
    August 29, 2017
    Special Mention
  • Calgary Underground Film Festival
    Calgary, Alberta
    Canada
    August 16, 2016
    Jury Award - Best Narrative Feature
  • Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Brazil
    March 23, 2017
  • Vilnius Film Festival
    Vilnius, Lietuva
    Lithuania
    June 20, 2017
  • D’A Film Festival of Barcelona
    Barcelona
    Spain
    June 21, 2017
    Talents D’A 2017 award
  • Atlanta Film Festival
    Atlanta, Georgia
    United States
    June 13, 2017
  • Taipei Film Festival
    Taipei
    Taiwan
    June 14, 2017
  • New Horizons Film Festival
    Wrocław
    Poland
Distribution Information
  • Fuera de la Común
    Country: Argentina
    Rights: Theatrical
Director Biography - Hadas Ben Aroya

ESPAÑOL
Nació en 1988 en Israel, y estudió cine y televisión en la Universidad de Tel Aviv. Antes de graduarse escribió y dirigió el cortometraje Sex Doll (2013). People That Are Not Me (2016) es su ópera prima.

ENGLISH
She was born in 1988 in Israel, and studied film and television at the University of Tel Aviv. Before graduating, she wrote and directed the short film Sex Doll (2013). People That Are Not Me (2016) is her first film.

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