As a child, actor Shalom Michaelshvili had a special way of dealing with his longing for his father. His dad, who for the past 30 years has been getting up before dawn to work as a taxi driver, supported his family back then by juggling that job with two others, one at a bakery, the other at a restaurant. The young Shalom would sneak into his parent's bedroom to sniff his absent dad's shirts, somehow...
Art as an imitation of life
Israeli actor Shalom Michaelshvili says he identifies deeply with his role in ‘Strike,’ a political-social drama with activist overtones.
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