Lebanon (15)
Wed 16 & Thu 17 Jun
Cinema £6.50 (£5.25)
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CloseDir: Samuel Maoz
Germany / Israel / France / Lebanon
2009 92mins subtitled
Cast: Reymond Amsalem, Ashraff Barhom
Winner of the Leone d’Oro at the 66th Venice International Film Festival
Reminiscent of Wolfgang Petersen’s classic U-boat-set war film Das Boot, Israeli director Samuel Maoz’s claustrophobic Lebanon this time confines the action almost entirely to a tank. Based on Maoz’s own experiences as a young soldier, Lebanon once again finds an Israeli director – after Ari Folman’s Waltz With Bashir – analysing his country’s ill-fated 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
The horrors of modern urban warfare are made all the more visceral through the lens of a gun sight, as Maoz creates a haunting examination of young men caught out of their depth in a situation they do not understand.
“A truly extraordinary film.” The Times
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| Wed 16 Jun | Cinema | 8:45pm | ||
| Thu 17 Jun | Cinema | 6:30pm |
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"After Ari Folman's Waltz With Bashir- analysing his country's ill fated 1982 version of Lebanon" - I think you mean INVASION of Lebanon, may be a simple spelling error but should be corrected. thanks
nadia at 6:41am on Sun 13th Jun 2010