Heymann’s oeuvre includes a dominant group of films and television series – such as “The Way Home” (2009) and “The Queen Has No Crown” (2011) – in which the director dealt with his family and portrayed his ties with his mother and his siblings (among them Barak Heymann, a director in his own right who produces his brother’s films, including the new one, and sometimes is the co-director). Heymann’s choice in this regard signifies the constant fluctuation in his work between first and third person, and the former is present in his films more than the latter. His first name is even part of the title of the film that marked his breakthrough into the public consciousness in 1998 and placed him in the forefront of Israel's documentary filmmaking – “Tomer Vehasrutim” (English title: “It Kinda Scares Me”). To whom do the words “my life” refer? Anyone who has followed Heymann’s ramified work knows that he has placed himself at the center of many of his pictures. The key to the success of Tomer Heymann’s new film, “Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life,” resides in its title.
