★★★★☆ In the opening shot of Next to Her, impatient teenagers rattle the bars of a metal gate as they wait for Chelli (Liron Ben-Shlush) - the school security guard - to let them out. But it turns out that Chelli is far more trapped than the students behind the gates, because she is the only carer for her 24-year-old, severely mentally disabled sister Gabby (Dana Ivgy). The sisters share a dingy little apartment on the outskirts of a nondescript Israeli city, with Chelli devoting all her free time to making sure that Gabby is adequately fed, bathed and out of harm's way. Despite her efforts, she is harassed by a local social worker and interrogated by neighbours, who ask why she lets Gabby drool down her sweater.
- 3/12/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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