Directed by:
Samuel MaozScreenplay:
Samuel MaozCinematography:
Giora BejachCast:
Oshri Cohen, Zohar Strauss, Itay Tiran, Michael Moshonov, Ashraf Barhom, Reymonde Amsallem, Guy Kapulnik, Yoav Donat, Abdallah El Akal, Muhamed Salama (more)Plots(1)
The First Lebanon War - June, 1982. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town that has already been bombarded by the Israel Air Force. It's a quick and easy job - maybe three hours at most. But matters start to get complicated. This apparently simple mission gets out of control and turns into a death trap, a shivering nightmare. The film's heroes are the tank crew: Shmuelik the gunner, Assi the commander, Herzl the loader and Yigal the driver - four boys aged 20 who are operating a killing machine. They are not fighters, eager for battle or self-sacrifice. Motivated by fear and the basic instinct of survival, they find themselves in a situation they cannot contain, coping with impossible conflicts and desperately trying not to lose their way amid the chaos of war. Lebanon is a personal film, a film about four boys who had never been involved in anything violent before and found themselves killing people, A film about survival against a palpable threat of death, a situation in which the conflict between their basic instincts and human conscious claims its victims. (Rialto Distribution)
(more)Cast
Oshri Cohen
Israel
Best movies:
Working Woman (2018)
Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey (2009)
Kochavim Shel Shlomi, Ha- (2003)
Zohar Strauss
Israel
Best movies:
The Cakemaker (2017)
Eyes Wide Open (2009)
Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey (2009)
Itay Tiran
Israel
Best movies:
The Promise (2011) (series)
Run Boy Run (2013)
Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey (2009)
Michael Moshonov
Israel
Best movies:
For My Father (2008)
Late Marriage (2001)
Restless (2008)
Ashraf Barhom
Israel
Best movies:
The Syrian Bride (2004)
Ágora (2009)
Kingdom (2007)
Reymonde Amsallem
Israel
Best movies:
Apples from the Desert (2014)
The Attack (2012)
Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey (2009)
Guy Kapulnik
Best movies:
Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey (2009)
Room 514 (2012)
Yoav Donat
Israel
Best movies:
Abdallah El Akal
Israel
Best movies:
The Attack (2012)
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010)
Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey (2009)
Muhamed Salama
Best movies:
Dudu Tassa
Best movies:
Fares Hananya
Best movies:
Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey (2009)
Jeruzalem (2015)
Arie Tcherner
Israel
Best movies:
Maktub (2017)
Foxtrot (2017)
Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey (2009)