Waltz with Bashir

2008 · MA15+ · War

Autobiographical film follows the director as he tries to recover memories of his experiences fighting in the 1982 Israel-Lebanon war. The movie's title comes from a key moment when a soldier in Folman's platoon enters a kind of fugue state, firing his gun while dancing in the street in front of a billboard of former Lebanese prime Bashir Gemavel.

Directed by: Ari Folman

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