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From Israel's most important filmmaker, Carmel is Amos Gitai's (Kadosh, Kippur) deeply personal and resonant meditation on Jewish and Israeli identity. Using both fiction and documentary techniques, Gitai links his family history to ancient history. through exquisitely composed long takes, he re-enacts the Jewish-Roman wars that began in 66 A.D., and contrasts them to the young soldiers enlisting in Israel's army today, including his own son, making the film "a passionate expression of Mr. Gitai's anguish at living in a country in a continual state of war" (NY Times). The cycles of violence are never-ending, but so are the bonds of family. Gitai's wife Rivka reads letters from his mother, linking generations of Jews and Israelis within the warm embrace of memory. With narration by Jeanne Moreau (Jules and Jim) and "abstractly beautiful" (NY Post) cinematography by Stefano Falivene, Gitai's "gentle touch and free associative honesty," (Box Office Magazine) has created a rich and timely document on what it means to be Jewish today. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Samuel Fuller
USA
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
The State of Things (1982)
Enrico Lo Verso
Italy
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Les Enfants volés (1992)
Così ridevano (1998)
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Keren Mor
Israel
Best movies:
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
11'09''01 - September 11 (2002)
Foul Gesture (2006)
Makram Khoury
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
Lemon Tree (2008)
The Syrian Bride (2004)
Amos Lavi
Libya
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
Lemon Tree (2008)
Lemon Popsicle III (1981)