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Podtalk: ‘Maktub’ Premieres at 53rd Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 15, 2017
CHICAGO – The world comes to Chicago for the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival, and screenwriters/lead actors Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon has brought their new film “Maktub” for screening on Sunday night, October 15th, 2017 (8pm). The unique comedy is the first film for the Israeli television hitmakers.
Festival Men (L-R): Producer Adar Shafran, Writer/Actors Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
Amir and Sayron wrote the film and play the leads, two small-time enforcers for a Jerusalem mob protection racket, who find their lives in flux when they survive a terrorist suicide bomb. They readjust, and go to the Wailing Wall, where they begin to fulfill the wishes of those who traditionally leave notes at the shrine. The two writer/actors have created some hugely popular TV shows in Israel, including “Scarred,” “Asfur” and “Ma Bakarish.”
In the following Podtalk HollywoodChicago.com spoke to Guy Amir and film producer Adar Shafran in the Filmmaker’s Lounge at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival.
By PATRICK McDONALD |