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Fireflies

  • 2009
  • 1h 23m
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Fireflies (2009)
Fireflies – a 82 min.  personal documentary
Producers: Iris and Gili Meisler
Director, screenwriter, editor: Gili Meisler


Gili Meisler searched for his brother Giora, Yom Kippur War MIA, twice in the past. First with his family, during the war, and ten years later in the Far East, on a personal inner journey. Now Gili departs on a third journey to heal from the past traumatic quests.
Fireflies is a story that waited to be told for over twenty years. The movie is comprised of three quests in three different time periods.
The first is between 1973-1975 and begins with the mysterious disappearance of Giora Meisler. The second is between 1984-1985 when Gili embarks on his first journey to the Far East during which he finds himself searching for Giora. This is a deceptive journey into GiliÂ’s consciousness, which he feels compelled to take in the hopes or retrieving Giora. The third time period begins in 2005 and continues into the present. Gili, the sole survivor of his family, embarks on a journey during which he completes the two other stories and finds the endings they are lacking. Gili reenacts his first quest with a camera and attempts to understand what really happened to him there, twenty years earlier.
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This is the story of two brothers. Giora, the most talked about MIA of the Yom Kippur war, and Gili, who has been searching for him and for himself ever since.This is the story of two brothers. Giora, the most talked about MIA of the Yom Kippur war, and Gili, who has been searching for him and for himself ever since.This is the story of two brothers. Giora, the most talked about MIA of the Yom Kippur war, and Gili, who has been searching for him and for himself ever since.

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    • Gili Meisler
  • Writer
    • Gili Meisler
  • Stars
    • Amram Mitzna
    • Avraham B. Yehoshua
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    • Director
      • Gili Meisler
    • Writer
      • Gili Meisler
    • Stars
      • Amram Mitzna
      • Avraham B. Yehoshua
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      • Gili Meisler
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      Fear of Fireflies
      Written by Aurelio Valle and Calla

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    Details

    • Release date
      • July 16, 2009 (Israel)
    • Country of origin
      • Israel
    • Languages
      • Hebrew
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gachliliyot
    • Filming locations
      • Israel
    • Production company
      • Meisler
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    • Budget
      • $240,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 23m(83 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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