Mixed Feelings

A once-successful actor who abandoned a blooming career to create an alternative theater (in his own apartment) in Tel Aviv, Israel, Amir Orian teaches theater to a small but committed group of young Israelis. Working on challenging texts and through difficult emotions, Amir asks his pupils to think (and feel) deeply about their commitment to the theater. When Israel attacks Gaza, Amir can't withhold his objections to the war. Amidst rehearsals and performances, his students' deep emotions explode – and their disagreement with his views threaten the existence of the art space he created in his own living room. Despite the conflict, Amir encourages his students to find their strength to be vulnerable, question their assumptions about their country, and allow themselves to be weak on stage.