• Title:
• Beaufort

• Director:
• Joseph Cedar

• Hebrew with English subtitles

• Israel, 120 minute

• Venue:
• AFI Silver Theater and
  Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater and
  Old Town Theater

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Part of the current vanguard of award-winning Israeli filmmakers, Joseph Cedar’s Beaufort dramatically depicts the complex moral and tactical dilemmas facing the young commander of a crusader-era fortress in Southern Lebanon during the Israeli Army’s unilateral 2000 withdrawal.  Liraz Liberti is the 22-year-old commander of the highest ground in the 18-year-old Lebanon War.  This ground he has sworn to defend is also ground that is to be abandoned in the coming retreat – creating a tactical balance that keeps Liberti’s men on edge as they face repeated attacks from an amorphous, unseen enemy.  As the day of the planned final evacuation approaches, the absurdity of war is highlighted by the certain approach of its end.  Cedar, a former infantry soldier who served in Lebanon, gives a grunt’s-eye-view of war – more concerned with the relations between the soldiers who serve and die together, than any particular political agenda.

Winner of the 2007 Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival

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