Foxtrot
Foxtrot is the name of a checkpoint in Israel. Foxtrot is a dance where you always go back to the beginning. Foxtrot is Samuel Maoz's Venice award-winning film.
- Foxtrot
- Israel 2017
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- Czech
- 108 min.
- Accessible
Jonathan Feldman, along with three other young men, patrols an abandoned
checkpoint somewhere in the desert in northern Israel. Occasionally they are
disturbed by a passing car or camel while reading comics and listening to an old
radio. Only an unexpected event with fatal consequences breaks the young
soldiers out of their boredom. Meanwhile, back in Tel-Aviv, Jonathan's parents
are trying to come to terms with the tragic news and find out what is actually
happening somewhere in the desert.
Foxtrot conveys the surreal army experience of young soldiers and explores
themes of guilt, loss and trauma that are passed down from generation to
generation in Israeli society. All this in an original narrative manner that is
imbued with a sense of beauty, absurdity and subtle humour.
For its anti-war message, Samuel Maoz's (Lebanon) film aroused controversy in
his native country, and subsequently won eight Israeli Film Academy Awards. It
was also awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and nominated
for the European Film Directing Award.
Venice Film Festival
2017 – Samuel Maoz (Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize)
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2017 – Samuel Maoz (Directors to Watch)
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
2017 – Samuel Maoz (Best Film)
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
2017 – Samuel Maoz (Best Director)
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
2017 – Lior Ashkenazi (Best Actor)
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
2017 – Giora Bejach (Best Cinematography)
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