Ha'Mishlahat

In Israel it's common to organize Holocaust themed educational trips to Poland for high school students, in Hebrew those are called 'delegations', which is not exactly how the word is used in English but this very well explains the title of the film.

The main characters are three Israeli students, who are on this trip; they are shown the main Holocaust historical places like Treblinka or Auschwitz camps, now turned into museums, but the film is not only focused on that. What we see in the foreground is what is happening in the heads and hearts of those 17 year-olds; the film focuses on their emotional and social needs, their loves and friendships, the Holocaust reminder being the background. Personally, at least two of the three main characters are not very nice (both for us to observe and to each other): one of them is totally neurotic and the other is just stupid. The third one's storyline is a little bit more interesting but I shouldn't start spoiling.

The whole picture is very cute, shows no good or bad; it gives us a little reminder of the history, delicately mixing it with what resonates and seems important to this new generation, whose maturity starts to take shape.