Waltz with Bashir

2008 · 90 min · HE · R · 7.7 (1,096 votes)

Dir. Ari Folman · Starring Ari Folman, Mickey Leon, Ori Sivan, Yehezkel Lazarov, Ronny Dayag, Shmuel Frenkel · Music Max Richter

“One man's journey to uncover his past.”

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A film director from Israel interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

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This film is a haunting, melancholic journey through fragmented memories, rendered with unsettling, dreamlike animation. It delves deep into the psychological scars of conflict, feeling both intensely personal and universally resonant. The experience is reflective and somber, a powerful exploration of trauma and the elusive nature of truth.

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