Next Year Jerusalem

Name: Next Year Jerusalem
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: May 16, 2014
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 51

2014

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First Run Features | Release Date: May 16, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Choosing life in life's final chapter is the poignant subtext of this new powerful documentary, a lyrical portrait of eight nursing home residents who make a pilgrimage to Israel. Offered a seat on the bus for a 10-day tour, the viewer accompanies individuals with various personal theologies in and out of museums, crossing IsraeliChoosing life in life's final chapter is the poignant subtext of this new powerful documentary, a lyrical portrait of eight nursing home residents who make a pilgrimage to Israel. Offered a seat on the bus for a 10-day tour, the viewer accompanies individuals with various personal theologies in and out of museums, crossing Israeli landscapes from mountains to desert. But Next Year Jerusalem is less a story about tourists in a foreign land than it is a meditation on the sanctity of human experience and a tribute to the wisdom acquired in the course of a lifetime. Earnest and nuanced, it is a true exploration of living and dying, hope and fear, travel and memory. A celebration of and a reverent tribute to life's eldest travelers. [First Run Pictures]… Expand

Director: David Gaynes

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 72 min

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Daniel M. Gold

May 15, 2014

What elevates the film beyond a video scrapbook, though, are the glimpses of the routines and slow rhythms of the nursing home before and after this adventure. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

May 29, 2014

It's a privilege getting to know these determined, inspiring seniors, to whatever extent Gaynes allows. But a more deeply revealing, fully candid approach would have made for a more satisfying cinematic excursion. Read full review

Noah Berlatsky

May 13, 2014

Next Year Jerusalem offers little insight into its putative protagonists, and even less into Israel. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Jun 5, 2014

Sure, some of these dames and geezers are fun, and it’s heartening to see them pushing themselves for what’s likely their last expedition, yet Gaynes forgets that even schmaltz needs salt and pepper. Read full review

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