Karov La Bayit (Close To Home)

Simple looking, beautifully acted, interesting characters and a story that makes you think. All what good cinema should be. A nice drama about friendship of two young girls serving their compulsory military service, which puts story over special-effects, showing once more what most of Hollywood lacks so much at times. Both actresses playing the two main characters seem not that experienced but they manage to create two very engaging characters, being subtle and showing real progress, making their characters evolve. Especially the actress playing Smadar (Smadar Sayar) does a very nice job showing Smadar's toughness, with also her warmer personality slowly revealing itself, as she comes to loosen up and realizes the importance of the girls' jobs.