Sacred Tongue, Profane Language

Sacred Tongue, Profane Language

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 4, 2008

Runtime

1h 13m

Original Title

Langue sacrée, langue parlée

Director

Nurith Aviv

Description

The film, the second in a trilogy, containing "Misafa Lesafa" (2004) and "Traduire" (2011), deals with what became of Hebrew, the sacred language of the Jews for two millennia, that became a living language on the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. The film continues the reflection begun in the director's previous film, Misafa Lesafa (2004), which films writers and artists recounting the conflicting relationship that they themselves experienced between their parents' language and the Hebrew language.