Gil Raitses

A cinematic interpretation of Constantine Cavafy's poem 'The City'. Through the reiteration of a vicious circle that our existence has become, the modern man is unable to break free. Everyday is equal to the previous one and the city becomes a recipient of a restricted life inside an urban cage.

A middle aged jazz musician struggles to compose and record a piece of music onto a reel-to-reel tape recorder.

A story of love and redemption, about an American Iraqi Veteran, who comes home apparently intact but mentally and emotionally damaged. While his devoted sister suffers in the struggle to comprehend, and see him through it, she awakens to the unimaginable injustices of war.

Set in the 1920's a struggling young doctor in a failing marriage is assigned to work with a bizarre, disfigured, animal like mystery man who washed up on a nearby beach. Through the discovery of this "John Doe's" divine musical skill the doctor forges a friendship with him.