Avi Nesher's ‘Our Loves’ turns tragedy into immersive cinema - review

Avi Nesher's film 'Our Loves' opened in Israeli theaters on Thursday. The review describes it as a beautiful, moving film about seven characters whose personal crises on October 6, 2023 are overtaken by the October 7 massacre. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received criticism for not including the terrorists' perspective.

Avi Nesher's latest film, 'Our Loves,' opened in Israeli theaters on Thursday and is a beautiful, moving film about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. It tells the story of seven people who all think they are having the worst day of their lives on October 6, 2023, and then the October 7 massacre begins. The film follows fictional characters living their lives who happen to get caught up in the massacre, unlike dramatized versions of specific stories about real people. The review praises the excellent acting, with Shalom Michaelshvili as a retired general and Daniel Gimpel as a young religious festival-goer as standouts. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, where some reviewers criticized it for not telling the story from the point of view of Hamas terrorists. The review notes that Nesher has said he could not write from the point of view of a terrorist who would burn a family alive.