Bena

Bena is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Niv Klainer. "In Bena, a simple portrait of a father, a son and a stranger reveals fascinating layers of meaning. Amos, a Tel Aviv man, is doing everything he can to keep his schizophrenic teenaged son, Yurik, out of an institution. Amos knows too well the reality of the psychiatric ward – he is an on-call caseworker, dispatched by hospitals to collect patients and drag them into care. When he crosses paths with Bena, a Thai migrant worker, Amos brings her home out of a mix of kindness and desperation (he needs help with Yurik, badly). But the new arrangement soon disrupts the already uneasy balance in the home. Amos may be falling for Bena, while Yurik is on the brink of a major turn –...