The Silence of the Poet (1987)

From acclaimed German director Peter Lilienthal comes a rarely seen drama about an Israeli poet battling crippling writer's block. The film explores the personal tragedies fueling his creative paralysis: his brother's blindness from the Yom Kippur War, his wife's prolonged illness and death, and the son she had before she became ill. The poet often directs his frustration at his son, struggling with the constant care the father provides, yet refusing to commit him to an institution.