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Director: |
Samuel Maoz
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Starring: |
Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov
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Genres: |
Action-Adventure, Drama, Historical Drama, Indie-Arthouse Cinema, War
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Origin: |
Israel
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Certificate: |
MA
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Languages: |
Arabic,
English,
French,
Hebrew
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Subtitles: |
English
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Running Time: |
93 min
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June, 1982. The first Lebanon War has begun. A lone tank holding four 20-something novices is dispatched to search a hostile town which has already been bombarded by the Israeli Air Force. But what should have been a simple mission gradually spirals out of control when the four soldiers are pushed to their mental limits, struggling to survive in a desperate situation.
Awarded the top prize at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, and based upon the experiences of writer/director Samuel Maoz, LEBANON is a visceral, thrilling and utterly original piece of modern filmmaking.
**** David Stratton, ABC1's AT THE MOVIES
***** "An iron-clad masterpiece." THE TIMES
***** "Mesmerising, blistering, intense." EMPIRE
"This brilliant, explosive drama is every bit as terrifying, brutal and shocking as THE HURT LOCKER." Don Groves, SBS.COM.AU
"Captures the confusion and horror experienced by these young soldiers." Julie Rigg, ABC RADIO NATIONAL
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