Melting Away

When Assaf’s parents discover that the teen is secretly cross-dressing, they throw him out of the house hoping that their tough love policy will make him rethink his gender identity. Instead, Assaf leaves home and becomes Anna, a singer in a gay cabaret in Tel Aviv. Years later when his father becomes ill, his mother turns to a detective to locate her son. Still hurt by her parents’ rejection, Anna secretly visits her father while hiding her real identity. Mature themes. Hebrew w/ subtitles.