The Last Click

The Last Click

Israel 2013

93 minutes

In the 1980s, The Click was a successful punk/new wave band that sang anti-social and political messages in Hebrew. After releasing two albums considered iconic in Israeli counterculture, with songs like "Ima Ani Lo Rotze Lehigamel" ("Mom, I Don't Want to quit"), "Al Tadliku Li Ner" ("Don't Light a Candle for Me"), and "Incubator," The Click disbanded. Thirty years later, when they are in their late 50s, The Click members gather to embark on one final journey, to do one more thing together before it's too late.

In the documentary film "The Last Click," Dani Dothan, the film's co-director, and lead singer of The Click, reunites the legendary band that disbanded in 1984. Dani wants to return to the stage, to protest. But what are the chances for those who were in their twenties and now in their fifties to revive their music, to do something new and real? The film follows the band's rebirth while the past continues to break in, to sabotage and discourage.  "The Last Click" is a film about friendship and music, about attempting to close a circle. It reveals the power of the songs and the fleeting relationships that were formed among the band members, the hopes and the disillusionment, the conflicts, and the sense of missed opportunities for the once young rebels who destroyed what they had, now knowing this is their last chance, this is the last click.

Directed and produced by Dani Dothan and Dalia Mevorach.
Cinematography by Itzik Portal.
Editing by Morris Ben-Mayor.
Music by Eli Abramov.
Sound recording by Idan Shemesh.
Sound design by Yossi Appelbaum.
Online editing by Yoav Raz.
Poster Design by Leni Dothan.
Produced by Elil Communication
Produced for Noga Communications Hot 8
Supported by The New Fund for Cinema and Television

"The Last Click": Dani Dothan's Anti-Nostalgic Journey

Gili Izikovitz, Haaretz 2013

With a sense of urgency and without a hint of nostalgia, the film "The Last Click," which premiered at the Haifa Film Festival, documents the reunion of the legendary protest band from the 1980s. Even after 30 years, Dani Dothan has no intention of pleasing anyone.
Dani Dothan bears a wish of historical weight: one day, he expresses hope in his kitchen, in hundreds or thousands of years from now, someone will reach into a pit or grave and find a copy of "The Last Click," the film that he and his wife, Dalia Mevorach, created together about the reunion of "Haclique" (The Click.) After all, if not for future generations, why document moments of baldness and bellies in rehearsal rooms?
"When the possibility of a reunion arose, it was clear that we would film it," Mevorach testifies, "It was clear that the camera would be there. This thing that was happening was too powerful, too historically significant in our lives, to ignore."

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