LEBANON
Israel/Germany/France
2009
89 minutes
In June 1982, as Israel invades Lebanon, an inexperienced tank crew is sent into the line of fire to provide cover for a paratrooper squad. Harrowing, tense, anti-war war movie based on its writer-director's own experiences in the Israeli army; a formally risky enterprise that takes place entirely within one battle tank over 24 hours and only gets out in the bookend shots, extraordinarily pulled off by a first-timer. Winner of the 2009 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion.
United King Films presents a Metro Communications/Paralite Productions/Arsam International/Ariel Films/ARTE France Cinéma production, with the participation of United King Holdings, Keshet Broadcasting, Hot, Canal Plus; supported by ARTE France Cinéma, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Starring Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov.
Directed and written by Samuel Maoz; produced by Leon Edery, Moshe Edery, Anat Bikel, Uri Sabag, David Silber, Benjamina Mirnik, Ilann Girard; music by Nicolas Becker; director of photography (Cine Postproduction), Giora Bejach; production designer, Ariel Roshko; costume designer, Hila Bargiel; film editor, Arik Lahav-Leibovich.
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Cinema City Classic Alvalade 4 (Lisbon), April 21st 2010.
2009
89 minutes
In June 1982, as Israel invades Lebanon, an inexperienced tank crew is sent into the line of fire to provide cover for a paratrooper squad. Harrowing, tense, anti-war war movie based on its writer-director's own experiences in the Israeli army; a formally risky enterprise that takes place entirely within one battle tank over 24 hours and only gets out in the bookend shots, extraordinarily pulled off by a first-timer. Winner of the 2009 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion.
United King Films presents a Metro Communications/Paralite Productions/Arsam International/Ariel Films/ARTE France Cinéma production, with the participation of United King Holdings, Keshet Broadcasting, Hot, Canal Plus; supported by ARTE France Cinéma, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Starring Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov.
Directed and written by Samuel Maoz; produced by Leon Edery, Moshe Edery, Anat Bikel, Uri Sabag, David Silber, Benjamina Mirnik, Ilann Girard; music by Nicolas Becker; director of photography (Cine Postproduction), Giora Bejach; production designer, Ariel Roshko; costume designer, Hila Bargiel; film editor, Arik Lahav-Leibovich.
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Cinema City Classic Alvalade 4 (Lisbon), April 21st 2010.
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