Waltz With Bashir overview

Synopsis:

Director Ari Folman's animated, quasi-documentary Waltz With Bashir follows the filmmaker's emotional attempt to decipher the horrors that unfolded one night in September of 1982, when Christian militia members massacred more than 3,000 Palestinian refugees in the heart of Beirut as Israeli soldiers surrounded the area. Folman was one of those soldiers, but nearly 20 years after the fact, his memories of that night remain particularly hazy. After hearing an old friend recall a vivid nightmare in which he is pursued by 26 ferocious dogs, Folman and his friend conclude that the dream must somehow relate to that fateful mission during the first Lebanon War.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Ari Folman
  • Studio: Razor Film, Les Films d'Ici, Bridget Folman Film Gang
  • Year: 2008
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Country: France, Germany, Israel
  • Language: English, German, Hebrew
  • MPAA Rating: R (for some disturbing images of atrocities, strong violence, brief nudity and a scene of graphic sexual content)
  • Category: Animated
  • Genre/Type: Avant-garde / Experimental, History
  • Filmed in: Color and B&W
  • Release: 2008 12 26 (USA - Limited)