written and directed by Ari F Olman Genre: Documentary - Animation - Drama
Production: Ari Folman, Yael Nahlieli, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner Roman Paul and
Music: Max Richter
Mounting: Nili Feller
Art Director: David Polonsky
Memory Drawings
In 1982 there was a terrible massacre in Sabra and Shatila, in which thousands of Palestinian refugees were killed by Lebanese Christian Phalangists . Ari ( A Folman ri), a mature dir ector film, serving in the m illite in the Israeli army at that time. Twenty years after that, he discovers that his brain has blocked almost all memories of the tragedy, so it will begin a journey of self-discovery that takes you to collect allegations of colleagues, peri or ists and you Stig's disaster, a first-hand experience that reveals the role of the armed forces indirectly responsible for Hebrew and what happened. "Waltz with Bashir" is doubly valuable work in the artistic and human. On the one hand, this is the first animated documentary of the history of cinema, ndo demonstration that innovation is still possible, fortunately, and that the means of artistic expression yet ca exploit new terms to continue, for Moreover, d emuestra courage of the filmmaker, which is at the center of a terrible exper ience , which takes participants ─ and by extension, the viewer ─ a hellish scene recreated with rawness and truth along a string of evidence leading to a resolution so terrible and unavoidable, in a tone that leaves the initial aura of nonchalance past extent its way from the depths of memory and it colors everything gradually revealing the true nature of this proposal so stark as necessary.
Using 
different animation techniques ─ tri dimensional flash, traditional filmmaker ─ serves as a perfect tool when it comes to recreating the dream passages abundant watering the plot, reliable instrument that reflects how the trauma of this particular generation lost to ─ another of many psychological harm ─ emerge as s in for ma dreams disorders or concurrent re repeated n night after night, making it impossible to oblivion. Folman opens the doors of their own and other memories ─ ─ buried in time, subjective views specific approaches that provide the same event, an amount of perspectives that, together and together, constitute a representation that does not shirk responsibilities and consider all those involved directly. A bold gamble, topped with wisdom and skill by a final sequence in which images file out n the stage for the inevitable dream caused by an evocative staging and return to reality, recording their brain the culmination of a tale so strong and hypnotic, visually appealing and fascinating. Devastating, powerful, surreal and true, " Waltz with Bashir "Is a literal drawing of cheats d mechanisms in ur very retentive infested chiaroscuro, achieving easily be assimilated by their shape but invade us so hopeless for the foundation in underpinning.
(José Arce)
historical context. The war in Lebanon
In June 1982, Army Israel invaded southern Lebanon in retaliation for constant bombing inflicted on the populations of northern Israel from that country. The Israeli government thought to occupy a buffer zone of 40 kilometers, thus preventing Palestinian rockets hitting Israel. But Ariel Sharon, then Defense Minister Israel, developed a plan as imaginative as fantastic: it was Lebanon to occupy my mo Beirut. That would allow its Christian ally B Ashir Gemayel become president of Lebanon, and eradicate the threat to northern Israel and lidar consolidated their positions against Syria, Lebanon and the border with Israel has always cons id ered their worst enemy. The government passed a penetration depth of 40 km, but the Israeli army lunged to Beirut.
A week had taken Lebanon and were at the outskirts of Beirut. But they sing c and s sur gi eron several questions: What does the army in a capital extra njera, far from home? Why ueren m Israeli soldiers daily in wars that have little to do with protecting Israel's northern border? The parallels with the Vietnam War was inevitable ble.
In August, two months after the outbreak of war and the Israeli army still to s doors Beirut awaiting orders to enter the city, signed a treaty with the Palestinians on the all Palestinian fighters would be evacuated by boat to Tunisia. In return, Israel would withdraw its troops. That same week, Bashir Gemayel , commander m the illicit Christian Phalange, was elected president of Lebanon. Besides be a young man, smart, handsome, with great charisma, he was greatly admired by the Christian militias and their families. It was also appreciated by Israeli leaders. The appointment of Gem ayel should ensure a relatively calm in the tense border between the two countries.
But Bashir Gemayel was assassinated while giving a speech headquarters falangist to B eirut East. No one claimed responsibility, but it is believed it was the work of Syrian and Palestinian factions.
That same afternoon, Israeli troops entered West Beirut area, populated mostly by Palestinian refugees, and surrounded the Sabra and Shatila. At dusk, a large number of troops Falangists, driven by the desire to avenge the death of their beloved leader, began arriving in the area. When cay or night, the Falange troops entered the camps of Sabra and Shatila, aided by Israeli soldiers. Were supposed to clear the fields of combatants. However, just were combatants, who had been evacuated to Tunisia two weeks earlier. For two days straight shots were heard from the Israeli positions. On the third day, Sept. 16, Palestinian women got out and rushed towards the soldiers who blocked their way. For three days the Phalangists massacred the inhabitants of the camps. Ruthlessly killed men, women and children. There has been talk of 3,000 victims but, so far, were unknown and the exact number.
spontaneous protests of hundreds of thousands of Israelis forced the government to create an investigation committee and to consider the responsibility of political authorities and military. The committee blamed the Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, for not having stopped the horror when he briefed the slaughter. He was forced to resign and banned from returning to the post of defense minister. However, he was elected prime minister twenty years later. 
Trailer of the film:
is a c rítica intense and heartbreaking, humorous, advertising and the grim reality behind it. A short film no compromise that makes you smile and reflect.
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