Skin on skin, intimacy, familiarity. “Paradis Perdu” is a little masterpiece. It would be impossible to give such an accurate account of the human dilemma in a more minimal way. A couple in a shabby hotel room, Adam and Eve, a man and a woman, two lovers – that is until they get dressed and their clothes reveal their respective – and opposing religious affiliations. A small film about human intimacy and political estrangement.
Vanja Vascarac - Programmer of Libertas Film Festival:
Dear Oded and Mihal,
I don't usually write personalised emails to filmmakers, but I had need to tell you how impressed I was by your film. I watched hundreds of shorts, many really good ones, but very few move me. I am usually very wary of stories like this, because so many filmmakers abuse it and make it into pretentious, bad films. But you tackled on such a difficult subject and masterfully directed it. It has a quality of feature. Also, it's one of the best films I have ever seen shot on RED ONE. Hope you very soon make a new film!
Jury of the Jerusalem Intl Film Festival:
The Judges mark the high quality of the film for his visual and symbolic depth, which is enriched in metaphors and charged refrences to literary artisitic sources. With great skill, and concise brushstrokes, the film manages to portray a personal political drama, which is at once contemporary and timeless. l
Comment of the Jury at the Cinema Corto In bra Film Festival:
Poetic and emotional, the idea is well developed and the film carries the public into a universal mood and in a context which well represents the world we live in.
The sound takes the spectators close to the bodies, details become symbols in the story which it is telling.
The most important part of the film is that when they are naked they are equal: once dressed the barriers are raised.
Jury of the Magma Film Festival:
For the delicate photography, which has managed to dress the naked bodies with light, then coated tragically by garments that characterize alleged differences.
