MECHILA follows the comical misadventures of a couple of thieves, reformed or at least semi-reformed, are trying to recover their stash of loot. One of the thieves is a bumbler, but when he makes a mistake it's always the other thief who suffers for it.
This is a neo-burekas movie. It could have been made forty years ago with Yehuda Barkan and Gabi Amrani, but it would have had less explicit violence and a lot less respect for its female characters. Here, the women are included not as decorations but as contributors to the theme of "mechila"-- forgiveness-- and the theme does come across strongly from behind the comedy.
This is a neo-burekas movie. It could have been made forty years ago with Yehuda Barkan and Gabi Amrani, but it would have had less explicit violence and a lot less respect for its female characters. Here, the women are included not as decorations but as contributors to the theme of "mechila"-- forgiveness-- and the theme does come across strongly from behind the comedy.
