For seven days a large family of Moroccan descent observes the Jewish mourning ritual of shiva when a brother dies.

[1][2][3] The plot of "Shiv'a" (The Seven Days) opens in Kiryat Yam during the Gulf War (January 1991) at the funeral of Maurice Ohayon, who passed away unexpectedly.

Maurice's Moroccan family gathers for the traditional seven-day mourning period (shiva).

The family includes Maurice’s mother, Hanina (Sulika Kadosh), his widow Ilana (Keren Mor), six brothers—Meir (Albert Iluz), Haim (Moshe Ivgy), Itamar (Alon Aboutboul), Jacky (Rafi Amzaleg), David (David Ohayon), and Charlie (Yechiel Elkabetz)—and two sisters, Simona (Hanna Azoulay Hasfari) and Vivian (Ronit Elkabetz).

[4] The Jerusalem Post wondered "why they ha[d] been asked to spend two hours listening to the angry resentments of a disintegrating family, even if they admire the cast and co-directors' skill..."[5] This article about a war drama film is a stub.