When this film was broadcast on Channel One in 1986, it provoked considerable controversy — like many of the films directed by Ram Loevy. The film tells the story of Shlomo Almalich (Rami Danon), a resident of a development town who, together with his colleagues, loses his job at the local bakery after twenty years of employment, when the bakery’s owners seek to pay them in bread instead of wages. Almalich falls into depression, barricades himself at home with his family, and begins a hunger strike.

It was one of the first films made in Israel to address the hardships of life in development towns. The film presents a bleak portrayal of poverty, unemployment, and discrimination. At the time, it received the Prix Italia. It is being screened in memory of Ram Loevy, recipient of the Israel Prize for Communications and an original and courageous creator, who passed away last year.