Short synopsis
1984 – With war raging in Lebanon, young Israeli soldier Yossi is separated from his wife Myriam shortly after she gives birth to their son. In Lebanon, Yossi discovers the harsh reality and brutality of war alongside Fouad, a fighter with the South Lebanon Army, a militia backed by Israel in order to counter the advance of Hezbollah. The war scatters the families of the two soldiers on either side of the border, and continues to pursue them into the early 2000s, when the conflict flares up again, threatening the lives of their children.
Festivals / Awards
35th Tokyo International Film Festival - World Premiere
Credits
Director: Michale Boganim
Screenplay: Michale Boganim
Producers: Janine Teerling, Marios Piperides, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Frédéric Niedermayer, Emmanuel Giraud, Marie Sonne-Jensen
Director of Photography: Axel Schneppat
Production Design: Marios Neokleous
Editor: Anne Weil Kotlarski
Music: Avishai Cohen
Costumes: Lisa Tsouloupa
Make Up: George Vavanos
Hair: Marios Neofytou
Sound Recording: Christos Kyriacoullis
CAST
Tanya: Zalfa SEURAT
Myriam: Sarah ADLER
Yossi: Shlomi ELKABETZ
Fouad: Younes BOUAB
Nour: Sofia ESSAÏDI
Avishai: Avishai COHEN
Gil: Noam BOUKOBZA
Kamal: Georges ISKANDAR
Director's Bio/Filmography
Michale Boganim grew up in Israel, in a Moroccan family. Her father was in the Israeli Black Panther movement. She is a graduate of the National Film School in London. Her student film “Dim Memories” was selected for Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes 2002, and won the Gras Savoye Award. In 2005, Boganim’s “Odessa… Odessa!,” a documentary feature, screened at Sundance and won the CICAE Prize at the Berlin Film Festival. Her first fiction feature, Olga Kurylenko-starrer “Land of Oblivion,” premiered at both the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals in 2011.
Technical details
Original title: Tel Aviv Beruit
International title: Tel Aviv Beruit
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Format: 2K
Sound: Dolby Digital
Year: 2022
Original Language: Arabic, English, Hebrew
Countries of Production: Cyprus, Germany, France
Production Companies: MOBY DICK FILMS, LES FILMS DE LA CROISADE, TWENTY TWENTY VISION, AMP FILMWORKS, LA VOIE LACTÉE
In cooperation: Cinémage, Cinéventure
With support of: MBB – Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg FFA Minitraité CNC – Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée de l’angoa, CIPA – Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency
WORLD SALES
WT Films (www.wtfilms.fr)