Museum Cinema / La Planète Sauvage, 1972

At evening time there shall be light | A Cinematic View of the Museum’s Exhibitions
Curator: Karin Rywkind Segal

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is proud to present a rich weekend of films, carefully selected in dialogue with the current exhibition season—shows conceived in response to the turbulent times in which we are living. These include Year Zero, The Day is Gone: 100 Years of the New Objectivity, andVision of the New Bones: Jewish Imaginations after 1940. The film program accompanies these exhibitions, enriching and deepening the visitor experience.

The screenings will be accompanied by introductions from the Museum’s curators and guest lecturers. Some screenings will take place in the galleries.

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Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage)
Director: René Laloux | Design: Roland Topor | Animation: Jiří Trnka Studio | France, Czechoslovakia, 1972 | 72 min. | French; Hebrew subtitles

René Laloux’s psychedelic masterpiece was produced in the wake of the violent upheavals that shaped Europe in the second half of the 20th century. The story unfolds on the distant planet Ygam, where humans—known as Oms—are enslaved and regarded as animals by the planet’s giant blue inhabitants, the Draags. Terr, an Om boy raised in captivity from infancy, escapes his Draag caretaker and joins a group of rebellious Oms struggling against oppression and violence in a bid to reclaim their freedom and future. Set in a fantastical future world, the film ultimately conveys a message of hope, peace, and fraternity. It was awarded the Jury Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.

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The films screened over the weekend are in dialogue with the exhibitions currently on view at the Museum, including Year Zero, andVision of the New Bones: Jewish Imaginations after 1940, as well as a recently presented exhibition, The Day is Gone: 100 Years of the New Objectivity. Like the artworks, they emerge from the history of twentieth-century Europe—particularly in the context of the World Wars and their aftermath—and span historical rupture, a sober gaze at reality, and a search for new horizons of hope. In the shared space of cinema and visual art, both engage with questions of identity, memory, and the human condition in times of upheaval and uncertainty, offering distinct yet resonant ways of reflecting on similar experiences.

We invite you to visit the exhibitions to expand your viewing experience. An intimate encounter with the artworks on view can deepen your understanding of the social contexts reflected in the films.

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Note: Film introductions will be in Hebrew.
The number of participants is limited | Advance reservations are required for all participants.
Participation in the tour includes entrance ticket to the Museum.

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