Israeli films

Being Dead Hasn't Stopped Rabin From Narrating His New Biopic

Yitzhak Rabin Narrates His New Biopic From The Grave

“I think you could say I’m an introverted person. I don’t know if I’m friendly or unfriendly.” These words, spoken by an uncharacteristically confessional Yitzhak Rabin, mark the start of Israeli Director Erez Laufer’s 2015 documentary Rabin in His Own Words, released on the 20th anniversary of the prime minister’s murder. The film is […]

By Zachary Solomon

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Love, Marriage, and Toilet Paper: Israel’s “Wedding Doll”

The film Wedding Doll is set in an isolated town in Israel’s Negev Desert. Hagit (Moran Rosenblatt) is a peppy young woman with a mild mental disability who works at a local toilet paper factory. An aspiring fashion designer, she spends her evenings making sketches and crafting tiny dolls with wedding dresses made of toilet […]

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Baba Joon, Israel’s First Persian-Language Oscar Entry

Before a word is uttered in the new film, Baba Joon, we see the rolling Israeli countryside, and then the inside of a barn – full of trapped turkeys. The imagery is clear – this movie is a poignant debate between individual freedom and the confines of tradition. We see an old truck sputtering through […]

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