It opens with the interrogation, conducted by the Agranat Commission, of the hippie-ish medical student Nahum Werbin (Michael Aloni of Shtisel and The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem), and then flashes back to his arrival at a remote Sinai outpost the day before Yom Kippur, expecting nothing more taxing than giving out aspirin and blister cream. It’s a debate that in some ways echoes what is going on now, as some people, including top military commanders, think the primary goal of the war against Hamas should be the release of the hostages, while others feel that there can be no ceasefire while the terrorist group is still in power. Among the movies it will show for Remembrance Day are three set on the Lebanese border, all of which were based on the directors’ personal experiences: Joseph Cedar’s Beaufort, which won the screenplay award at Cannes, about IDF soldiers defending an outpost; Eytan Fox’s Yossi & Jagger, the story of two male soldiers in love; and Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon, which is told from the point of view of a tank crew.
Author: BY HANNAH BROWN
Published at: 2025-04-29 22:15:49
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