FOXTROT (Samuel Maoz 2017) This is one on best lists I've not seen and really want to; US theatrical release still coming though technically it got released in NYC Dec. 8.
Opens March 2, 2019 at Angelika Film Center, NYC.
The trailer focused only on a solider at a remote Israeli roadside post qualifies as the wittiest dance ever performed with a rifle on film. Boy can this kid move! This could qualify as my favorite trailer of the year as well.
Maoz's 2009 Lebanon (Filmleaf NYFF coverage) was a claustrophobic tour de force staged entirely inside an Israeli tank in enemy territory.
ABOUT
Grand Jury Prize winner at the Venice Film Festival and Best Film winner from the Awards of the Israeli Film Academy, Samuel Maoz's FOXTROT follows a grieving father as he experiences the absurd circumstances around death of his son, in this visionary critical reflection on military culture.
DIRECTED BY
Samuel Maoz
WRITTEN BY
Samuel Maoz
CAST
Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonaton Shiray
LANGUAGE
Hebrew with English subtitles
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