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MediaCentral is pleased to invite members of the foreign press

to a screening of the documentary film:

"Chamama" ("Greenhouse")

Thursday August 13 at 4pm.

Four years after the Disengagement (15 August 2005), we look upon this life-changing time for Israel and especially for the families of Gush Katif. Join us for the screening of a documentary film that tells the story of the Balaban family.

Ronit Balaban will be present at the screening of the film and available for questions after the film.

Synopsis: After Ya'akov was terribly disfigured in an accident, Ronit tries to save the family greenhouse. Ya'akov hasn't left the house for four years and Ronit is struggling to survive. In spite of all the obstacles, Ronit perseveres. The family greenhouses grow and every year hundreds of thousands of carefully tended plants go out to buyers around the world.
Life with her injured husband requires an incredible amount of patience and strength. She lives with the hope that Ya'akov's face will be reconstructed to a degree which will finally satisfy him. Only then will Ya'akov be able to open himself back up to the world and emerge from the seclusion to which he condemned himself.
The home of Ronit and Ya'akov Balaban was in Moshav Ganey Tal that was in Gush Katif. The Disengagement put their family in a precarious position. Ronit, taking a desperate gamble, tries to relocate the greenhouses while Ya'akov faces the loss of his home which has also been his fortress. Now Ya'akov and Ronit have to look inside themselves and courageously face the new situation and their relationship.