Photo Farag

Name: Photo Farag
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-08-25
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Rating: 7.4

2016
1h 17m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

YOUR RATING

Documentary

Gripping and moving real life story of the first Iraqi-Jewish family to become a household name in Israel. Emigrating to Israel from Baghdad in the 1950s, the Farag family built a hugely suc... Read allGripping and moving real life story of the first Iraqi-Jewish family to become a household name in Israel. Emigrating to Israel from Baghdad in the 1950s, the Farag family built a hugely successful photography business which revolutionized the way Israelis took, developed and rel... Read allGripping and moving real life story of the first Iraqi-Jewish family to become a household name in Israel. Emigrating to Israel from Baghdad in the 1950s, the Farag family built a hugely successful photography business which revolutionized the way Israelis took, developed and related to pictures. Kobi Farag, a scion of the famous photographer clan, traces the story of... Read all

Director
- Kobi Farag
Writers

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Kobi Farag
Writers

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Featured review

8/10

A simple tragedy, elegantly told

This documentary tells a simple story about an immigrant (from Iraq to Israel) who built a business on the seamline between art and technology-- a photography business-- and what happened when the business outgrew him. Like the Godfather, Farag Peri builds the business on family ties for the sake of stability and loyalty, and out of a sense of obligation, but he doesn't always find his children as appreciative as he'd like. The film is a product of the third generation, and filmmakers Kobi and Roee Farag unfold the story with not only a good sense of what to shoot but also a good sense of pacing. There is an element of nostalgia too, certainly for Israeli audiences but also for anyone who has ever handled a roll of film or seen hand- developed photos hung up to dry.