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Lebanon

2009 · 93 min

A claustrophobic, sweat-soaked plunge into a tank's gunsight, where every blurred shape and hydraulic whine tightens the dread.

Overview
During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • trauma
Places
  • military
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror6
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension9
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Samuel Maoz
Written by
Samuel Maoz
Starring
Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov, Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Zohar Shtrauss, Reymonde Amsallem, Dudu Tasa, Ashraf Barhom
Cinematography
Giora Bejach
Runtime
93 min
Country
France, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom
Languages
Arabic, French, Hebrew, English

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