Lebanon

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  • Opened August 6, 2010 (Limited NY only 8/6, Expands LA only 8/13)
  • 1 hr 34 min
  • R | disturbing bloody war violence, some nudity, sexual references and language

  • This tense war film focuses on a group of Israeli soldiers operating a tank in hostile territory during the 1982 conflict in Lebanon. Hindered by tight quarters, limited visibility and stifling heat, the troops inside the tank, including the frustrated Hertzel (Oshri Cohen), begin to quarrel amongst themselves, leaving themselves open to attack by their Lebanese enemies. As their mission -- to clear the area of opposing forces -- progresses, the situation becomes increasingly dire. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen, Ashraf Barhom, Reymonde Amsallem, Michael Moshonov
  • Director: Samuel Maoz
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Offers a view of war that is anything but epic. Instead of sweeping battles and swooping fighter planes, in Lebanon we are brought into the impossibly claustrophobic world of a lone tank crew. Read full review

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Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

It's an uncompromising drama, not easy to watch. And it is one of the year's highlights. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

It took writer-director Samuel ''Shmulik'' Maoz nearly 30 years to make this disturbing, visceral, personal film. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

Never before, not even in the claustrophobic submarine epic "Das Boot," has a physical point of view so completely dictated a philosophical point of view. Read full review

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A scene from the film "Lebanon."