Based on director Samuel Maoz’ own experiences of conflict during the 1982 Lebanon war, this film tells the tense and emotive story of four Israeli soldiers who become trapped within their tank when they accidentally enter enemy territory.
Screening for at least 1 week. Our May monthly guide stated that this title would be screening for at least 2 weeks. This was an error and we apologise for any inconvenience caused. Please check back on Tue 1 June to see if this title will continue for a second week.
REVIEWS
“Visceral, torn-from-the-memory filmmaking that packs every punch except one to the heart, Lebanon is the boldest and best of the recent mini-wave of Israeli pics (Beaufort, Waltz With Bashir) set during conflicts between the two countries… The you-are-there experience commences almost immediately, as the tank trundles across the border and plows through a banana plantation.” Derek Elley, Variety
“Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon is to be recommended as a distinctive, personal memoir of what it was like to be a young, fearful soldier and inhabit the hellish confines of a tank during the 1982 Lebanon War” Dave Calhoun, Time Out
