Lebanon (film)

Lebanon
Film poster
Directed bySamuel Maoz
Written bySamuel Maoz
Produced byUri Sabag
Einat Bikel
StarringOshri Cohen
Itay Tiran
CinematographyGiora Bejach
Edited byArik Leibovitch
Music byAlex Claude, David Liss
Distributed byMetrodome Distribution (UK)
Release dates
  • 8 September 2009 (2009-09-08) (VIFF)
  • 24 September 2009 (2009-09-24) (Israel)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Israel
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Germany
LanguageHebrew
Budget$1.4 million[1]

Lebanon (Hebrew: לבנון Lvanon; called Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey in the UK) is a 2009 war drama film written and directed by Samuel Maoz.[2] It won the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival,[3] becoming the first Israeli-produced film to have won that honour. In Israel itself the film has caused some controversy.[4] The film was nominated for ten Ophir Awards, including Best Film. The film also won the 14th Annual Satyajit Ray Award.[5]

Maoz based the film on his experience as a young Israeli conscript during the 1982 Lebanon War.[6][7] The British newspaper The Guardian has described it as an anti-war film.[4]

  1. ^ Tomer Kamrling (6 November 2009). "עזוב הלם קרב, ספר לי על קולנוע". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Lebanon". Lumiere. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ "66th Venice International Film Festival: Official Awards". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Colin Firth wins best actor at Venice film festival was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "The 2009 Satyajit Ray Award Winner: Lebanon". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  6. ^ "'Lebanon' wins Golden Lion at Venice". RTÉ. 12 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  7. ^ Erlanger, Stephen (30 July 2010), "'Lebanon', Samuel Maoz's Tank's-Eye View of War", The New York Times, retrieved 3 August 2010.