SummaryAsia (Alena Yiv) and Vika (Shira Haas) are more like sisters than mother and daughter. Young mom Asia hides nothing about her work-hard, play-hard lifestyle, and expects the same openness and honesty from teenage Vika. But Vika is at an age where privacy and independence are paramount, and inevitably begins to rebel against her mom’s parenting st... Read More
Directed By:Ruthy Pribar
Written By:Ruthy Pribar
Asia
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Generally Favorable
77
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Mixed or Average
5.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
71% Positive
5 Reviews
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29% Mixed
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Jul 2, 2021
100
Pribar’s humane and heartbreaking drama is beautifully photographed and performed; a loving, warm, and even sexy film about death and dying that is teeming with life.
Jun 6, 2021
83
Pribar’s subtle movie eschews sentimentalism for a patient and inquisitive character study, mining familiar territory and rejuvenating it with emotional impact that worms its way into the material from unexpected places.
Jun 6, 2021
80
From Daniella Nowitz’s muted, intimately lit lensing to the plaintive, judiciously used piano strains of Karni Postel’s score, every formal element of Asia serves to illustrate and enrich the tricky, evolving relationship at its center — brushing, rather than milking, the viewer’s tear ducts along the way.
Jun 6, 2021
80
This impressive Israeli feature debut from Ruthy Pribar stars a mesmerising Shira Haas.
Jun 6, 2021
80
The maturity of the directorial voice is evident in its clear-eyed, rigorously unsentimental assessment of a shattering situation.
Jun 6, 2021
60
This is a candid, sober, well-acted debut by the first-time director Ruthy Pribar.
Jun 10, 2021
50
Asia and Vika struggle to emerge as full-fleshed characters from the movie’s dull, blue-grey frames, while the script rushes through provocative plot turns in its bleak procession toward a wrenching conclusion.
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40% Positive
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20% Negative
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1 Rating
Jan 23, 2025
4
Another disappointment. It seem all they show is one species eats another and the BBC Attenborough's droning on and on about Global Warming and man's intrusion into earth's plants, animals, and insects. Photography is great though. Our view is: "you can fast forward when watching on a computer so enjoy the visuals but not so much the commentary."
Production Company:
- Gum Films
Release Date:Jun 11, 2021
Duration:1 h 25 m
Awards
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 9 Wins & 13 Nominations
Jerusalem Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Tribeca Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
