Foxtrot (2017)
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Country:
Israel, Switzerland
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Duration:
108 min
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Genre:
drama
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Director:
Samuel Maoz
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Producer:
Marc Baschet
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Cast:
Lior Ashkenazi, Sara Adler, Yonatan Shirai
About film
An affluent Israeli family receives news that their son Jonathan Feldmann, a soldier, has died in the line of duty. But maybe there has been a mix-up, and It was some other Jonathan Feldman who has been killed. Grieving parents try to find out what is actually taking place at the outpost.
Rewards and nominations
- 74th Venice Film Festival — Silver Lion, Grand Jury Prize, SIGNIS Award — Honorable Mention, Arca CinemaGiovani Award — Best Film
Director
57-year-old Israeli director and screenwriter. Aged 13, he got a camera and some film for his Bar mitzvah. During the Lebanon war, Maoz spent 45 days in the war zone, which became a watershed moment in his life. When the Second Lebanon War began, Maoz created a small-budget film Lebanon, which became the first Israeli film to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. His second film Foxtrot also tells about the horrors of war and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2009. Israel's Minister of Culture Miri Regev denounced the film for its depiction of the Israeli Defense Forces shooting Arab youths.
Along with
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Speaker:
Andrey Plakhov
Along with
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Speaker:
Andrey Plakhov
Trailer
Director
57-year-old Israeli director and screenwriter. Aged 13, he got a camera and some film for his Bar mitzvah. During the Lebanon war, Maoz spent 45 days in the war zone, which became a watershed moment in his life. When the Second Lebanon War began, Maoz created a small-budget film Lebanon, which became the first Israeli film to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. His second film Foxtrot also tells about the horrors of war and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2009. Israel's Minister of Culture Miri Regev denounced the film for its depiction of the Israeli Defense Forces shooting Arab youths.
