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'Lebanon' from Israel scoops Golden Lion in award in Venice

by israeli.agent | September 12, 2009 at 06:23 pm

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Lebanon, an Israeli movie made based on the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 won the Golden Lion award at the Venice film festival.

The film was shot completely inside a battle tank to convey the brutality of war directly to the viewers.

According to the director of 'Lebanon' Samuel Maoz , it took 25 years for him to muster the courage to produce this movie.

US film maker Michael Moor's 'Capitalism: A Love Story ' did not win any awards.

"Lebanon,'' an Israeli film that recounts Israel's 1982 invasion of the Middle East country through the eyes of soldiers in a tank, won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.

The festival jury announced the Golden Lion and other prizes on the last day of the 11-day screening of films from around the world. An Iranian film about women and repression took the No. 2 prize, the Silver Lion.

The practically autobiographical film, directed by Samuel Maoz, tells the story of Israeli paratroopers searching a hostile town. The conflict is seen through the binocular-aided eyes of those inside a tank, with their cramped quarters lending an anxious sense of claustrophobia to their viewpoint.

``I dedicate this work to people all over the world that come back from the war safe and sound,'' the director told the audience at the award ceremony. ``They work, get married, have children,'' but the memories get ``stuck in their souls.''

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Barry Artiste

at 21:13 on September 12th, 2009

Id like to see that movie

sara star

at 04:05 on September 13th, 2009

It is interesting to note that the best director award went to a woman who knew nothing about cinema. Her film is about courage, and she certainly lived that herself!

Iranian filmmaker and photographer Shirin Neshat snared... best director for her feature debut with ..``Women Without Men''

``I knew when I was making the film, I was taking a risk. I knew nothing about cinema.'' But she added, ``I took a risk so the fundamental message is about courage. There is a great value in that struggle and we must fight to evolve as a society and as women.''

Neshat’s father encouraged his daughters to “be an individual, to take risks, to learn, to see the world.

israeli.agent

at 05:55 on September 13th, 2009

"Neshat’s father encouraged his daughters to “be an individual, to take risks, to learn, to see the world."

This is the definition of the word and the world, Father.

.Agent.

sarah (not verified)

at 17:30 on September 14th, 2009

Congratualions on winning the Award Fo " Lebanon", As Lebanese, don't like to see that movie, it gives me a lot of horrifying memories during that time.