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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 18

Cast Ari Folman Ori Sivan Ronny Dayag Shmuel Frenkel Ron Ben-Yishai

Directors Ari Folman

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Running Time 90mins minutes

Waltz With Bashir (18)

Plot
On realising he has no memory of serving in the Israeli Army during the First Lebanon War in 1982, Ari Folman tracks down his old buddies to hear their stories of the conflict, and try to solve the mystery of his own psychological blindspot.

Verdict
A bravura documentary which balances the personal and the political as it peers into the First Lebanon War, its animated approach never feeling like a novelty. Astonishing, unforgettable: you have to see it.


Reviewer: Dan Jolin

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