Summary:
Dr. Eitan Green is a good man. He saves lives. But when he drives his SUV down a lonely, moonlit road after an exhausting shift at the hospital, he hits someone. When he realizes that the man, an African migrant, cannot be saved, he flees the scene. This decision changes everything. For the dead man's wife knows what has happened. And when she knocks on Eitan's door the next day, tall and beautiful, with his wallet in hand, he discovers that her price is not money. It is something entirely different, something that will shake Eitan's secure life and lead him into a world full of secrets and lies he could never have imagined. "Waking Lions" is a gripping, tension-filled, and morally devastating drama about guilt and survival, shame and desire. It illuminates the darkness within us all and asks: What would we do? What are we capable of?
About the Author:
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen was born in 1982 in Israel and holds a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Tel Aviv University. Her screenplays have won awards at international festivals, including the Berlin Today Award and the New York City Short Film Festival Award. Her debut novel "One Night, Markovitch" won the Sapir Prize for Best Debut and is being translated into five languages.