The Queen Has No Crown

Poignant meditation on family, loss, and the mental maps of homelessness. The film navigates the intimate lives of five brothers and their mother, over the course of a decade, through the pains of exile and the joys of family bonding. Three of the Heymann sons take their families and leave Israel in search of a better life in America. They fulfil their dreams, but shatter those of their mother. A divorcee, she is left alone in Israel with her two bachelor sons – one straight, and the other, Tomer, gay. Exploring the politics of belonging, displacement, and homosexuality, the film examines the hard decisions one Israeli family has to make and the intractable bonds that unite them in the face of complicated life choices.