“Past Life is a page-turner that transforms into a clarion call: always compelling…” (New York Times)

“This is a striking and thought-provoking picture.” (RogerEbert.com)

In the suspenseful new film from Avi Nesher (The Wonders, The Matchmaker), two Israeli sisters, Nana and Sephi, delve into the dark mystery of their father’s past. Their lives change forever in 1977, when the talented, introspective Sephi has an unsettling encounter with an older woman in Berlin, who hisses “murderer” at her when she hears Sephi’s family name. Back home in Tel Aviv, she shares what happened with her older sister, a fiery tabloid journalist with a political bent. Together, they discover that their father lived in Poland during World War II—and so their painful search for the truth is launched. The performances in this tautly constructed drama keep us engaged from the first frame right through to its final revelations.