Lebanon (15)

Director:  Samuel Maoz
Starring:  Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen
Israel/France/Germany, 2009, 1 hour 32 minutes

Winner of the Golden Lion Venice Film Festival 2009

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With the action confined almost entirely to the suffocating inside of a tank this claustrophobic thriller creates an unforgettable portrayal of the horrors of war. Like Waltz with Bashir this deals with Israel’s barbaric 1982 invasion of Lebanon and also becomes a haunting examination of young men caught out of their depth in a situation they do not understand. An original view of modern urban warfare this captures the lunacy of war and the psychological brutalization of ‘innocent’ soldiers.

Ffilm sy’n digwydd bron yn gyfan gwbl y tu mewn i danc milwrol ar faes y gad, mae rhyfel yn beth anodd i’w ddirnad.

Screenings
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff	2010-03-09	20:15:00