Ahed's Knee
Toronto International Film Festival
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1h 49m
Directed by Nadav Lapid • Arthouse • 2021 • Israel • Hebrew with English subtitles
Starring Avshalom Pollak, Nur Fibak
This Cannes Jury Prize winning film follows an Israeli filmmaker in his mid-40s who arrives in a remote village in the desert to present one of his films. There he meets an officer for the Ministry of Culture, and finds himself fighting two losing battles: one against the death of freedom in his country, the other against the death of his mother.
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