Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story

In his short stories, beloved Israeli writer and humorist, Etgar Keret, plays with fantasy and reality. His own life, too, seems a modern fairy tale.

In this hybrid documentary, Stephane Kaas and Rutger Lemm investigate why storytelling is an essential aspect of Keret’s life.

Weaving animation, live action and interviews, the film takes us into the psyche of Keret, a son of Holocaust survivors, whose fiction explores the absurdities of daily life.

You’ll be charmed by Keret and left with an intense desire to read (or reread) his stories.

Netherlands, 2017, 67 minutes

The film is mostly in English with some subtitles.

There is some adult language.