The movie is a riveting look at a troubled, brilliant, and very endearing teenage boy, Uri (Gilad Lederman, in an amazing movie debut), who has a hugely challenging family situation.
Relatively few movies directed by women and few films about Mizrahi Jews have won the Ophir Award in recent years, and this will give Seven Blessings an edge.
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