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Lebanon (Hebrew: לבנון Lvanon; called Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey in the UK) is a 2009 internationally co-produced war film 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 ...
Jul 30, 2010 · “Lebanon,” Mr. Maoz’s first feature film, takes place during the first day of the 1982 war, and has a very small set of characters, played by some of Israel’s best actors, including Mr ...
In 2007, Maoz began working on Lebanon, his first feature film. The script, based on Maoz's personal experiences, describes the traumatic experiences of a four-man Israeli tank crew in a Lebanese village early in the war.
Lebanon: Directed by Samuel Maoz. With Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen, Michael Moshonov. During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town.
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- Drama, War
- Samuel Maoz
- 2009-10-15
Sep 18, 2009 · Maoz, a lean, wiry man, defends the film’s visceral approach. In the first war between Israel and Lebanon, in 1982, he was the gunner now reimagined as his movie’s lead character.
Sep 12, 2009 · "Lebanon" by Israeli Samuel Maoz, the story of the first Lebanon war told from inside an Israeli tank, won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival Saturd...
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Inspired by a gunfight in a Hollywood Western, Samuel Maoz shot his first film at age 13. The experience resulted in the destruction of his prized 8mm camera, but failed to break his creative spirit: by the time he signed up for National Service, he had made dozens of short films.
