SHAI K. is the untold story of Shaike Ophir, one of the most outstanding Israeli actors ever. Ophir, in whose honor the Israel Academy of Film and Television awards are named, worked with the legendary Alfred Hitchcock and Marcel Marceau and became a megastar in Israel.
Yet very few knew the man behind the thousand faces. SHAI K. is the tale of a tragicomic clown, a man who wanted more than anything to make people laugh and to be loved. For this, he paid a heavy personal price.
The film recounts Shaike’s extraordinary story through the women in his life and the people who worked with him, interwoven with rare archival footage, all coming together to create a fascinating personal and psychological portrait of the man who became an icon.
(Hebrew, with English subtitles, 110 min.)
Written, directed & produced by Ari Davidovich
Associate producer and research: Anna Somershaf
Director of Cinematography: Phillippe Bellaiche
Editor: Noam Amit
Sound design: Aviv Aldema
Music: Ran Bagno
Visual research: Eran Litvin
Design: Itay Ziv, Steve Sebban, Sahar Mor
Produced with the help of:
yes Docu, Rabinovich Foundation, Gesher Avi-Chai & Maimonides funds
