I Am Not

Oren Levi is struggling to find his place in the world Born in Guatemala and adopted by an Israeli couple as a baby Oren had a troublesome childhood despite all the love and support of his family Misdiagnosed with autism and mental illness put into a psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt he found it even harder to connect with the world that labelled him as not normal in many different ways One day armed with a simple video camera Oren embarks on a journey to meet his biological parents and things begin to change Tomer Heymanns film tells a compelling story of a young man comingofage and discovering his true self among different landscapes cultures and languages