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Beaufort
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Beaufort
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Screening:
I
Time:
09:45
Date:
10/07/2008
Venue:
Siri Fort 2
Dir:
Joseph Cedar
Israel
2007
Colour/35 mm
/ 125 mins
Screening:
II
Time:
21:30
Date:
14/07/2008
Venue:
Siri Fort 1
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Perched atop a mountain in southern Lebanon, the Beaufort Castle personified the most disputed of Israel’s wars and was a symbol of Israeli control in Lebanon. In 2000, Liraz Liberti, a young Israeli commander, is in charge of defending the last outpost. It becomes his reason to live, filling him with power, fuelling him with self-importance, driving him to let perilous - and ultimately meaningless – operations to take place. Bomb specialist Ziv loses his life when the bomb he is about to defuse explodes. Nineteen-year-old Zitlawi dies in a missile attack. And Oshri, who can’t wait to see his girlfriend in New Jersey, is severely injured in a bombing that leaves the swaggering Liraz frozen with terror. As the day of retreat approaches, Liraz is forced to find a new meaning in his life. He realizes that Beaufort, once a symbol of victory, has long since become a symbol of futile bloodshed.
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