ENTERTAINMENT
April 1, 2005 | Kevin Thomas, Times Staff Writer
Savi Gabizon's "Nina's Tragedies" begins with a discovery: a journal covering an especially hectic six-month period in the life of a bright, nerdy Tel Aviv 14-year-old, Nadav (Aviv Elkabets). It has been found by his principal, who immediately summons his dying father, Amnon (Shmil Ben-Ari), to her office because of its sexual candor, which includes the boy fantasizing the consummation of his crush on his beautiful Aunt Nina (Ayelet July Zurer), his mother's younger sister.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 18, 1995 | SHAUNA SNOW
TELEVISION Footage Flap: Paramount Network Television has issued an apology for using footage from the Harrison Ford movie "Clear and Present Danger" on NBC's Navy drama "JAG." Even though both the series and the movie are Paramount-produced, the film's director, Phillip Noyce, was upset that the TV show used a scene featuring Ford trying to navigate a van out of a small street while under attack by terrorists.
NEWS
April 29, 2004 | Kevin Crust, Times Staff Writer
Tonight's opening film of the 20th Israel Film Festival, "Nina's Tragedies," made history earlier this year as the first Israeli entry to be accepted at Sundance. It's the story of a young widow's overwhelming grief as told from the perspective of her nephew, a shy, introspective teenage boy with a penchant for voyeurism.