Footnote
First screened in December 2012
Director: Joseph Cedar. Cast: Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Micah Lewensohn, Aliza Rosen, Alma Zack, Daniel Markovich, Yuval Scharf, Tsipi Gal, Nevo Kimchi, Albert Iluz, Michael Koresh, Shmuel Shiloh, Idit Teperson, Gad Kaynar, Hana Hacohen. Screenplay: Joseph Cedar.
Twitter Capsule: Cedar's shallow, flamboyant direction tends to dull what's nervy and rich in his script. Strong actors. Strangling score.

Photo © 2011 Westend Films/United King Films/Movie Plus,
© 2012 Sony Pictures Classics
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–


Academy Award Nominations:
Best Foreign Language Film

Other Awards:
Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay

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