marianna
05-06-08, 08:49 PM
This year's Cannes Film Festival sees "Waltz with Bashir," a brutal and unforgiving animated documentary movie, drawing a lot of attention from audiences and critics alike.
Based on a conversation between the director and an old friend of his, the film explores their shared experiences in the Israeli army and their part in the massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon in 1982.
In the film, a character sharing the director's first name visits former Israeli army colleagues to piece together the details of a three-day mission which he cannot remember.
The journey leads to the harrowing reality of Sabra and Shatila, where an estimated 700 to 3,500 Palestinian refugees were killed or injured. Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was sacked as then defense minister for his role in the incident.
From this brief plot outline, it is clear the film is not one for the family.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/23/waltz.bashir/index.html
Based on a conversation between the director and an old friend of his, the film explores their shared experiences in the Israeli army and their part in the massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon in 1982.
In the film, a character sharing the director's first name visits former Israeli army colleagues to piece together the details of a three-day mission which he cannot remember.
The journey leads to the harrowing reality of Sabra and Shatila, where an estimated 700 to 3,500 Palestinian refugees were killed or injured. Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was sacked as then defense minister for his role in the incident.
From this brief plot outline, it is clear the film is not one for the family.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/23/waltz.bashir/index.html