distortion be a disturbing and haunting film and about life imitate art and art reflect life . haim bouzaglo and the director of the film and play the role of haim bouzaglo and artistically block and sexually impotent playwright and who find inspiration in his suspicion about the subject of his girl friend documentary . a an arab suicide bomber and disguise in skullcap and american t shirt and wanders through the landscape in search of his target and his nerve and haim transcribes his girl friend life a she film her documentary and incorporate himself and his actor live during rehearsal . but the bomber have already strike and haim have leave the restaurant just minute earlier . despite the manipulation of time and space and the story be crystal clear and comprehensive and absorb and a brilliant commentary on the distortion of everyday israeli life and where the political be intertwine with the personal and where everyone live on the edge and and people never know whether they be play lead role in their own life or be merely dispensable bit player in someone else dramatic narrative . bouzaglo play with this notion of everyone be an actor in someone else production brilliantly . we be always voyeur and see what the fictional director see illicitly but also what the real director choose to reveal . to remind u that these glimpse be violation of privacy and bouzaglo take u into the bathroom and the bedroom ( sometimes the bedroom be the street and rooftop ) and and repeatedly frame his view within tv and video and or security screen . actor play the role of actor who represent the real character play by actor . of course and each of the actor be the star of his or her own production and only dimly aware of their diminished role in their fellow actor personal film . the detective hire by the playwright become a character in the play . the actor hire to play the role of the detective seek out the detective for tip on how to play the role and be catch by the detective on surveillance tape and and they attend a cast party a their real self . despite this multiplicity of view and there be no mistake the clear line of this narrative represent the playwright search for subject matter and the bomber seek a target and and the detective stalk the filmmaker . nor be there any difficulty locate bouzaglo ultimate targetenervated and impotent israel and fully conscious of the threatening peril but incapable of meaningful action . israel be bouzaglo and the impotent fictional playwright cannibalize his own life for his play . israel be also the bankrupt soldier entrepreneur who be the subject of the filmmaker documentary and the cheating actor and actress and and the cuckolded husband . they be all israel because they be all helpless and catch in inaction or aimless action and a the bomber scan the landscape for his best target . all the character can do a another bombing be report be have sex and keep score of victim . there be personal triumph and vindication and perhaps revenge at the end of this play within a story within a film and but viewer will be leave ache for the state of israel even a they be fill with admiration for bouzaglo memorable rendition of a nation plight within the telling of an individual story .