When director Ari Folman (“Waltz with Bashir”) was first approached about tackling an Anne Frank movie nearly a decade ago, he immediately refused. He thought everything had been done before, there was nothing left to explore. But the Anne Frank Fonds Basel, the Swiss non-profit that holds the copyright to her diary, wore down his resistance. And so did Folman’s mother, who was an Auschwitz Holocaust survivor.
“I realized that if something will not change in the way we teach young children about the past, it will fade. It will look to them like ancient history,” said Folman. “Eventually, I read the diary again. I was intrigued about the possibilities of using animation to tell this story. My demands were to animate it, to make it for children, and to portray the last seven months of Anne Frank’s life in the camps [Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen], which is a story that has never been told artistically.
“I realized that if something will not change in the way we teach young children about the past, it will fade. It will look to them like ancient history,” said Folman. “Eventually, I read the diary again. I was intrigued about the possibilities of using animation to tell this story. My demands were to animate it, to make it for children, and to portray the last seven months of Anne Frank’s life in the camps [Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen], which is a story that has never been told artistically.
- 9/24/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
‘It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It’: Prisoners Direct Their Own Stories in HBO’s Groundbreaking Doc — Watch
“It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It” is the first widely released documentary to be directed by men still incarcerated in a maximum security prison, but its innovative storytelling doesn’t stop there. As the prisoners interview each other and come to terms with how they received decades-long sentences, their memories are depicted in animated sequences by Yoni Goodman, of “Waltz With Bashir” fame.
In the exclusive behind-the-scenes video below, co-director Madeleine Sackler, the film’s producers, and the incarcerated men themselves take you through the documentary’s premise and purpose.
“The men try to unpack how they all ended up in prison with violent sentences, and they use the experience of learning how to make a film to try to figure those things out,” Sackler says.
Alternating roles in front of and behind the camera, the men of Indiana’s Pendleton Correctional Facility study documentary filmmaking as they create their own autobiographical documentary.
In the exclusive behind-the-scenes video below, co-director Madeleine Sackler, the film’s producers, and the incarcerated men themselves take you through the documentary’s premise and purpose.
“The men try to unpack how they all ended up in prison with violent sentences, and they use the experience of learning how to make a film to try to figure those things out,” Sackler says.
Alternating roles in front of and behind the camera, the men of Indiana’s Pendleton Correctional Facility study documentary filmmaking as they create their own autobiographical documentary.
- 2/23/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
In recent years, pop culture has witnessed the true-crime genre dominate podcasts, films, and series with works such as Serial, American Crime Story, and The Staircase. But seldom has the world seen a production process quite as involved as that of HBO's upcoming drama O.G., which is shot inside of an actual prison and stars real inmates. Because of the relevant and believable storyline, you may be wondering if it's inspired by a true story. Before the movie and its complementary documentary (more on that below) air, here's what you need to know about its story and groundbreaking film-making approach.
O.G. Is Not Based on a True Story
O.G. is about Louis, an incarcerated man who was once the head of a prison gang and now awaits his impending release after a 24-year sentence. As Louis tries to save a new inmate named Beecher from trouble, he...
O.G. Is Not Based on a True Story
O.G. is about Louis, an incarcerated man who was once the head of a prison gang and now awaits his impending release after a 24-year sentence. As Louis tries to save a new inmate named Beecher from trouble, he...
- 2/20/2019
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
HBO has acquired “O.G.,” a feature film starring Jeffrey Wright and directed by Madeleine Sackler. Written by Stephen Belber, the film was shot in its entirety on location at Indiana’s maximum-security Pendleton Correctional Facility.
“O.G.” premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, where Wright won the award for best actor in a U.S. narrative feature film. In it Wright plays Louis, once the head of a prominent prison gang, in the final weeks of his 24-year sentence. His impending release is upended when he takes a new arrival under his wing. Theothus Carter and William Fichtner also star.
“We are proud to bring filmmaker Madeleine Sackler’s film to HBO audiences,” said Len Amato, president, HBO Films. “Groundbreaking in being filmed at an actual prison, with many of the men incarcerated there cast in acting roles, O.G. takes an intimate and unflinching look at the journey...
“O.G.” premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, where Wright won the award for best actor in a U.S. narrative feature film. In it Wright plays Louis, once the head of a prominent prison gang, in the final weeks of his 24-year sentence. His impending release is upended when he takes a new arrival under his wing. Theothus Carter and William Fichtner also star.
“We are proud to bring filmmaker Madeleine Sackler’s film to HBO audiences,” said Len Amato, president, HBO Films. “Groundbreaking in being filmed at an actual prison, with many of the men incarcerated there cast in acting roles, O.G. takes an intimate and unflinching look at the journey...
- 10/12/2018
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has picked up O.G., a narrative feature starring Jeffrey Wright that was filmed entirely in a maximum-security prison. Directed by Emmy winner Madeleine Sackler and also starring Theothus Carter and William Fichtner, it premiered in April at the Tribeca Film Festival, where Wright won Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film.
The premium cabler also said today that it has acquired It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It, a documentary shot at Pendleton during the same production period as O.G. More on that film below.
Shot on location at Indiana’s Pendleton Correctional Facility, O.G. follows Louis (Wright), once the head of a prominent prison gang, in the final weeks of his 24-year sentence. His impending release is upended when he takes under his wing new arrival Beecher (Carter), who is being courted by gang leadership. Coming to grips with the indelibility of...
The premium cabler also said today that it has acquired It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It, a documentary shot at Pendleton during the same production period as O.G. More on that film below.
Shot on location at Indiana’s Pendleton Correctional Facility, O.G. follows Louis (Wright), once the head of a prominent prison gang, in the final weeks of his 24-year sentence. His impending release is upended when he takes under his wing new arrival Beecher (Carter), who is being courted by gang leadership. Coming to grips with the indelibility of...
- 10/12/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO announced on Friday that it has acquired the Jeffrey Wright-led film “O.G.”
The film was directed by Emmy-winner Madeleine Sackler (“Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus”) from a script penned by Stephen Belber, who won an Emmy for HBO’s “The Laramie Project.”
“O.G.,” which was filmed entirely at an Indiana max security prison, follows Louis (Wright), once the head of a prominent prison gang, in the final weeks of his 24-year sentence. His impending release is upended when he takes new arrival Beecher (Theothus Carter), who is being courted by gang leadership, under his wing. Coming to grips with the indelibility of his crime and the challenge of reentering society, Louis finds his freedom hanging in the balance as he struggles to save Beecher.
Also Read: Jeffrey Wright Hunts Wolves in 'Incredibly Tight' Thriller 'Hold the Dark' (Video)
“Over the past four years,...
The film was directed by Emmy-winner Madeleine Sackler (“Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus”) from a script penned by Stephen Belber, who won an Emmy for HBO’s “The Laramie Project.”
“O.G.,” which was filmed entirely at an Indiana max security prison, follows Louis (Wright), once the head of a prominent prison gang, in the final weeks of his 24-year sentence. His impending release is upended when he takes new arrival Beecher (Theothus Carter), who is being courted by gang leadership, under his wing. Coming to grips with the indelibility of his crime and the challenge of reentering society, Louis finds his freedom hanging in the balance as he struggles to save Beecher.
Also Read: Jeffrey Wright Hunts Wolves in 'Incredibly Tight' Thriller 'Hold the Dark' (Video)
“Over the past four years,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
This weekend sees the release of The Congress, from visionary director Ari Folman. It’s the Israeli filmmaker’s first feature since his 2008 masterpiece, Waltz with Bashir, but unlike its predecessor, the new film is not a documentary. It’s in English, rather than Hebrew, and stars a handful of recognizable Hollywood actors. It is, to say the least, something of a departure. Yet it shares one very significant piece of DNA with the earlier film: it’s animated, under the leadership of the great Yoni Goodman. A masterpiece, after all, is not always the work of a single genius. Waltz with Bashir may have sprung from the mind of Folman, but the execution owes a great deal to Goodman’s ingenuity, particularly in the pioneering of Adobe Flash cutout animation. It looks like rotoscope, the tracing over live-action footage, but it’s not. This approach to design gave the film its rich style, vividly...
- 8/31/2014
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
I love it when my friends take on hugely ambitious and relevant projects for the screen. This us why we do it, yes?, this cinema thing....
Our Producer pal Lisa Bellomo has put together a Us / Israeli co production on Kickstarter to bring to screen the Dear Sugar phenom which is an avidly, hugely followed advice column relevant to women and the gay community worldwide.
Producer Lisa Bellomo has now launched a Kickstarter campaign to help finance this animated short film based on best-selling author Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar advice column. Israeli animator David Polonsky, art director and lead artist for the acclaimed Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winning animated film Waltz With Bashir, will animate the film.
The short is based on The Baby Bird, the column that launched the Dear Sugar phenomenon ( read it Here). Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer (Getting On, Big Love) have written the screenplay adaption and Alex Borstein (Family Guy, Mad TV) will be the voice of Sugar.
In 2010 the Dear Sugar online advice column launched on TheRumpus.net and garnered a devoted underground following. Two years later the captivating voice was revealed to be that of American memoirist and novelist, Cheryl Strayed. Each column is like a short film because each tells a story unto itself. And whether Sugar is bestowing her “advice” to a grieving mother who has just miscarriage, or a father mourning the death of his young gay son and regretting the things he didn’t say, or as in our film, to a young woman grasping to find the meaning in her life, Sugar’s words of wisdom are delivered with compassion and a raw sense of direct honesty. It’s that quality that results in a deeply authentic exchange between Sugar and her questioners. It is an advice column unlike any other.
The animation will be done in Israel and David Polonsky is the perfect person to oversee it for this film. Like the Dear Sugar columns, Waltz With Bashir also jumps back and forth between present day and flashbacks of traumatic memories from the past. That movie’s particular style of animation – which has a documentary feel to it - effectively captures the characters complex emotions, as they try to make sense of their lives. In that way it’s not unlike our Baby Bird story. Of course David and his animation partner Yoni Goodman will create a distinctive animation style for Sugar, but the Waltz With Bashir template is a good model for this project.
They're determined to get this Dear Sugar short film produced, but the big dream is that this short will be just the beginning for Sugar on the screen. Once the short is complete, the plan is to submit the film to domestic and international film festivals, and hope to premiere it at the Sundance Film Festival. After that, who knows…a feature film…a television series…The sky’s the limit because in the words of Sugar, “The best thing you can possibly do with your life, is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it”.
Check out the Kickstarter campaign here: http://ow.ly/wWESP
Follow them on twitter and instagram: [At]dearsugarfilm...
Our Producer pal Lisa Bellomo has put together a Us / Israeli co production on Kickstarter to bring to screen the Dear Sugar phenom which is an avidly, hugely followed advice column relevant to women and the gay community worldwide.
Producer Lisa Bellomo has now launched a Kickstarter campaign to help finance this animated short film based on best-selling author Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar advice column. Israeli animator David Polonsky, art director and lead artist for the acclaimed Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winning animated film Waltz With Bashir, will animate the film.
The short is based on The Baby Bird, the column that launched the Dear Sugar phenomenon ( read it Here). Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer (Getting On, Big Love) have written the screenplay adaption and Alex Borstein (Family Guy, Mad TV) will be the voice of Sugar.
In 2010 the Dear Sugar online advice column launched on TheRumpus.net and garnered a devoted underground following. Two years later the captivating voice was revealed to be that of American memoirist and novelist, Cheryl Strayed. Each column is like a short film because each tells a story unto itself. And whether Sugar is bestowing her “advice” to a grieving mother who has just miscarriage, or a father mourning the death of his young gay son and regretting the things he didn’t say, or as in our film, to a young woman grasping to find the meaning in her life, Sugar’s words of wisdom are delivered with compassion and a raw sense of direct honesty. It’s that quality that results in a deeply authentic exchange between Sugar and her questioners. It is an advice column unlike any other.
The animation will be done in Israel and David Polonsky is the perfect person to oversee it for this film. Like the Dear Sugar columns, Waltz With Bashir also jumps back and forth between present day and flashbacks of traumatic memories from the past. That movie’s particular style of animation – which has a documentary feel to it - effectively captures the characters complex emotions, as they try to make sense of their lives. In that way it’s not unlike our Baby Bird story. Of course David and his animation partner Yoni Goodman will create a distinctive animation style for Sugar, but the Waltz With Bashir template is a good model for this project.
They're determined to get this Dear Sugar short film produced, but the big dream is that this short will be just the beginning for Sugar on the screen. Once the short is complete, the plan is to submit the film to domestic and international film festivals, and hope to premiere it at the Sundance Film Festival. After that, who knows…a feature film…a television series…The sky’s the limit because in the words of Sugar, “The best thing you can possibly do with your life, is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it”.
Check out the Kickstarter campaign here: http://ow.ly/wWESP
Follow them on twitter and instagram: [At]dearsugarfilm...
- 6/6/2014
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
The Israeli Film Critics Association has announced the winners of their very first year-end film awards. And the winners are:
Best Foreign Film: Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron
(Leos Carax's Holy Motors and Pablo Larrain's No were runner-ups)
Best Israeli Film: Big Bad Wolves, directed by Nevot Papushado and Aharon Keshales
Best direction: (Tie) Big Bad Wolves and Bethlehem (directed by Yuval Adler)
Best Screenplay: "S#x Acts" by Rona Segal
Best Actor: Hitam Omary, "Bethlehem"
Best Actress: Sivan Levy, "S#x Acts"
Newcomer Award: Tom Shoval, the first-time director of "Youth"
Best technical achievement: Ari Folman, Yoni Goodman, David Polonsky and the animation team of "The Congress"...
Best Foreign Film: Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron
(Leos Carax's Holy Motors and Pablo Larrain's No were runner-ups)
Best Israeli Film: Big Bad Wolves, directed by Nevot Papushado and Aharon Keshales
Best direction: (Tie) Big Bad Wolves and Bethlehem (directed by Yuval Adler)
Best Screenplay: "S#x Acts" by Rona Segal
Best Actor: Hitam Omary, "Bethlehem"
Best Actress: Sivan Levy, "S#x Acts"
Newcomer Award: Tom Shoval, the first-time director of "Youth"
Best technical achievement: Ari Folman, Yoni Goodman, David Polonsky and the animation team of "The Congress"...
- 12/16/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
So far, La Grande Belleza, my choice for the Oscar is in the lead!
See the full list of winners below:
The 26th European Film Awards: Winners
The more than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:
European Film
La Grande Bellezza
The Great Beauty
Italy/France , 140 min
Directed By: Paolo Sorrentino
Written By: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
Produced By: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
European Comedy
Love Is All You Need
Denmark, 111 min
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier
Produced By: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke Windeløv
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Oh Boy
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
European Documentary
The Act Of Killing
Denmark/Norway/UK, 159 min
Directed By: Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced By: Signe Byrge Sørensen
European Animated Feature Film
The Congress
Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
Written & Directed By: Ari Folman
Animation: Yoni Goodman
European Short Film
Dood Van Een Schaduw
Death Of A Shadow
directed by Tom Van Avermaet
Belgium/France 2012, 20 min, fiction
European Director
Paolo Sorrentino for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Actress
Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown
European Actor
Toni Servillo in La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Screenwriter
François Ozon for Dans La Maison (In The House)
European Cinematographer – Prix Carlo Di Palma
Asaf Sudry
for Lemale Et Ha’Halal (Fill The Void)
Israel
European Editor
Cristiano Travaglioli
for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
Italy/France
European Production Designer
Sarah Greenwood
for Anna Karenina
UK
European Costume Designer
Paco Delgado
for Blancanieves
Spain/France
European Composer
Ennio Morricone
for The Best Offer
Italy
European Sound Designer
Matz Müller & Erik Mischijew
for Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith)
Austria/Germany/France
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve
European Achievement In World Cinema
Pedro Almodóvar
European Co-production Award– Prix Eurimages
Ada Solomon
People’S Choice Award for Best European Film
The Gilded Cage directed by Ruben Alves...
See the full list of winners below:
The 26th European Film Awards: Winners
The more than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:
European Film
La Grande Bellezza
The Great Beauty
Italy/France , 140 min
Directed By: Paolo Sorrentino
Written By: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
Produced By: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
European Comedy
Love Is All You Need
Denmark, 111 min
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier
Produced By: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke Windeløv
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Oh Boy
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
European Documentary
The Act Of Killing
Denmark/Norway/UK, 159 min
Directed By: Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced By: Signe Byrge Sørensen
European Animated Feature Film
The Congress
Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
Written & Directed By: Ari Folman
Animation: Yoni Goodman
European Short Film
Dood Van Een Schaduw
Death Of A Shadow
directed by Tom Van Avermaet
Belgium/France 2012, 20 min, fiction
European Director
Paolo Sorrentino for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Actress
Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown
European Actor
Toni Servillo in La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Screenwriter
François Ozon for Dans La Maison (In The House)
European Cinematographer – Prix Carlo Di Palma
Asaf Sudry
for Lemale Et Ha’Halal (Fill The Void)
Israel
European Editor
Cristiano Travaglioli
for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
Italy/France
European Production Designer
Sarah Greenwood
for Anna Karenina
UK
European Costume Designer
Paco Delgado
for Blancanieves
Spain/France
European Composer
Ennio Morricone
for The Best Offer
Italy
European Sound Designer
Matz Müller & Erik Mischijew
for Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith)
Austria/Germany/France
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve
European Achievement In World Cinema
Pedro Almodóvar
European Co-production Award– Prix Eurimages
Ada Solomon
People’S Choice Award for Best European Film
The Gilded Cage directed by Ruben Alves...
- 12/9/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
‘The Congress,’ ‘Jasmine,’ ‘Pinocchio’: 2013 European Film Awards’ Best Animated Feature Film nominations (Robin Wright in ‘The Congress’) The European Film Academy has announced the three nominees in the 2013 European Film Awards’ Best Animated Feature Film category. They are the following: The Congress (Israel / Germany / Poland / Luxembourg / France / Belgium), written and directed by Ari Folman, from a novel by Stanislaw Lem. Animation by Yoni Goodman. Jasmine (France), directed by Alain Ughetto, from a screenplay by Ughetto — who also provided the animation — and Jacques Reboud, with the collaboration of Chloé Inguenaud. Pinocchio (Italy / Luxembourg / France / Belgium), directed by Enzo D’Alò, from a screenplay by D’Alò and Umberto Marino. Animation by Marco Zanoni. Best European Animated Feature Film nominees: ‘The Congress,’ ‘Jasmine,’ ‘Pinocchio’ Featuring Robin Wright (as herself), Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Paul Giamatti, Danny Huston, Michael Stahl-David, and Michael Landers, The Congress shows how actress Robin Wright,...
- 9/30/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The 16th annual San Antonio Film Festival, which runs June 23-27, is truly a great combination of celebrating local talent and international cinema, screening films produced in Texas to ones produced in Europe, South America and the Middle East.
There’s also a distinct flavor of socially aware fictional narratives and documentaries, including films about Tibetan refugees, migrant workers, the 2008 Presidential election, alcoholism and genocide. But, that’s not to say the fest is a totally serious affair as there’s also several genre films about the World Cup, sheep rustlers, dancers, crooks and other ne’er-do-wells. It looks like a fun mix.
The full lineup of films is below. The way the festival runs is that films screen in blocks in three different theaters. A “block” of films will generally contain a feature or two (feature = film that is 50 mins. or more), plus several shorts. In the lineup I have up,...
There’s also a distinct flavor of socially aware fictional narratives and documentaries, including films about Tibetan refugees, migrant workers, the 2008 Presidential election, alcoholism and genocide. But, that’s not to say the fest is a totally serious affair as there’s also several genre films about the World Cup, sheep rustlers, dancers, crooks and other ne’er-do-wells. It looks like a fun mix.
The full lineup of films is below. The way the festival runs is that films screen in blocks in three different theaters. A “block” of films will generally contain a feature or two (feature = film that is 50 mins. or more), plus several shorts. In the lineup I have up,...
- 6/22/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
A scene from Ari Folman's The Congress
Photo: Courtesy of Slash Film Israeli director Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir was a big hit in 2008 and ultimately earned a Best Foreign Language Oscar nomination, and many thought it should have won though it ended up losing to Departures out of Japan. His follow-up, The Congress, a loose adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's "The Futurological Congress," has been discussed here and there starting with Yair Raveh's interview with Folman at Cinemascope in which Folman gave details as to what direction the film will take: "We'll take elements from Bashir, mainly in how the story is structured, but instead of traveling backwards with the characters, this time we will travel forward, jumping into the future. The present will be shot in live-action, the future will be animated. The main character will be played by An Actress Playing Herself. The film is a co-production between Israel,...
Photo: Courtesy of Slash Film Israeli director Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir was a big hit in 2008 and ultimately earned a Best Foreign Language Oscar nomination, and many thought it should have won though it ended up losing to Departures out of Japan. His follow-up, The Congress, a loose adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's "The Futurological Congress," has been discussed here and there starting with Yair Raveh's interview with Folman at Cinemascope in which Folman gave details as to what direction the film will take: "We'll take elements from Bashir, mainly in how the story is structured, but instead of traveling backwards with the characters, this time we will travel forward, jumping into the future. The present will be shot in live-action, the future will be animated. The main character will be played by An Actress Playing Herself. The film is a co-production between Israel,...
- 4/12/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
"Waltz with Bashir" shows movie cartoons aren't just for kids. The cartoon critters at the beginning of "Waltz with Bashir," Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman's surreal, dark, animated war film, are twenty-six wild dogs who run through town only to stop and howl beneath a man's apartment window. It is a dreamlike, unsettling sequence courtesy of Folman, his director of animation, Yoni Goodman, and the small team of animators responsible for this stark but beautiful war tale; one based on Folmans own experiences as an Israeli soldier involved in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon and his guilty memories of what happened.
- 9/17/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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