Is the suffering of the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors real, or is it the result of a collective “remembrance used as incitement ” forced upon them? Chaya Stern, a young Israeli dancer, lives in Berlin, where her Holocaust survivor grandfather was born. She builds her career there, but the price of freedom is a disconnection from her mother, Vicki, who lives by her father’s demand: “Our feet shall not step upon the land of the murderers.”
When Chaya’s grandfather dies, Vicki fulfills his last request to add his ashes to the “Mountain of Ashes,” where the remains of the rest of his family are scattered. However, the plan fails due to bureaucracy. Vicki is left helpless, and Chaya offers to help, hoping for a reconciliation.
But not all is as it seems. Rebellion runs through the generations, and for the first time Chaya and Vicki must decide their own future and the future of their relationship.
Oren Jacobi (Yaakobi) is an Israeli playwright and screenwriter. He has written around 40 plays and television series, including dramas, comedies, and musicals. Currently, three of his plays are being performed at the Beit Lessin Theatre: Zero Motivation (a musical based on the film, running for over 500 consecutive performances since 2019), Good Boys (also known as Matchmaking, a comedy set in the ultra-Orthodox world), and A Glass Wall, which has also been staged in Germany and the Czech Republic and presented as a staged reading in New York.
Eldar Gohar Groisman holds a BA in Performing Arts from University of the Arts London, and MFA in Theatre Directing from Tel- Aviv University. Recipient of the Wall Trust Award scholarship for three consecutive years. Selected work: Beit Lessin Theatre – West Side Story; Tomix Theatre – Chicago; Habima – Mary Stuart, Believe, a Day Will Come, Matchmaking, Kazablan; Be’er Sheva Theatre – Vulcan Junction, Butterflies Are Free, Days in Eden; Opera House – Billy Elliot; All Stage Productions – Beauty and the Beast; Tel Aviv Theatre – School of Rock; Yochlman-Asher Productions – The Three Musketeers; Mediatheque Theatre Holon – Doctor Dolittle.
Gohar Groisman is the stage director for Dancing with the Stars (Israel, 2022–2025), Rising Star (2018–2025), School of Music, and Israel’s Got Talent. He also directed the Israeli Independence Day Torch-Lighting Ceremony (2020–2025), and was artistic stage director for the semi-finals and finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Israel.