Best Boy

The documentary takes up Philly Wohl. Philly is an intellectually disabled man. He is fifty two when the film is made. He still lives with his parents. His parents are getting old. His cousin Ira Wohl made the film. The camera stayed with them for three years. Ira puts a question to the family. He reminds them that one day they will not be able to care for him. Preparation has to be made for that day. Philly starts classes in New York. In them he learns to look after himself. Meanwhile his father Max dies. The account moves through those three years. The hundred and eleven minute documentary won an Academy Award. Ira Wohl’s American production was finished in 1979.