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Original Title
The queen has no crown
Director
Tomer Heymann
Country
Israel




Cast
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Production
Heymann Brothers Films
Distribution
Heymann Brothers Films
Genre
Documental
Format
Digital
Duration
85'
Year
2011
Festivals
Berlinale
First showing in
Spain
We are family
The queen has no crown
Mixing Super 8 images and material shot at home in the last 10 years, Tomer Heymann offers a portrait of his youth as an Israeli gay man in a large family that falls apart little by little. Throughout the years, his parents decide to separate and three out of four siblings emigrate to the USA searching for a "better future", to fulfill their dreams.

The director pictures with much delicacy his mother's sadness at seeing her children part, not only from their home but from their homeland, and at the same time her joy at seeing Tomer finally happy with his boyfriend. An emotional meditation about the complexity of family ties, separation and the loss of a home. A brilliant portrait of these complex emotional bounds, where in the end being homosexual becomes just one more element in the family configuration.
Official website> thequeenhasnocrown.com