Inspired by the eponymous poem by Israeli Yehuda Amichai, this British-Canadian documentary examines a specific terrorist atrocity — the suicide bombing of a crowded bus in Jerusalem in 2002 — from every conceivable angle. Forensic footage, news coverage and Hamas military video are expertly blended with testimony from those affected: the victims’ families, the bus driver whose shift-swapping saved his life, a member of the Israeli secret service responsible for “target killing” suicide-bomber cells — even the bomber’s family.
Less partisan than the Oscar-winning One Day In September but no less accomplished, the film is moving without being manipulative, leaving you with a sense of numb helplessness and incomprehension.