Beaufort (2008)
| Release Date: | January 18, 2008 (Limited) |
| Genre: | Drama, War, Foreign |
| Director: | Joseph Cedar |
| Writer: | Joseph Cedar, Ron Leshem |
| Cast: | Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, Eli Eltonyo, Ohad Knoller, Itay Turgeman |
| Studio: | Kino International Corp. |
| Running Time: | 125 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated U. |
Lebanon in the year 2000. Not far from the old seafarer's fortress, Beaufort, is a military base with the same name kept by the Israeli army. This heavily guarded post has been here since the war in Lebanon in 1982. It is a symbol not only of Israel's most controversial campaign for military control of Lebanon, but also of a sacrificial struggle during which many soldiers lost their lives. The Israeli troops move out of...
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As I am of Generation Y and love to multitask, I often put off watching foreign-language films because it's much more challenging to do other things while reading subtitles. As a consequence, I held onto my Netflix copy of the Oscar-nominated Beaufort for two months before finally watching it this weekend. Usually, when I wait this long the movie ends up being quite good, begging the question, "Why did you watch so many crappy movies before watching this one?" Unfortunately, this time around, Beaufort did not evoke such a question.
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