BEAUFORT (FILM)

'''Beaufort''' ( is a 2007 Israeli War/Drama film directed by Joseph Cedar based on Ron Leshem's book Im Yesh Gan Eden (If There is a Heaven).

The movie is a story about an IDF unit stationed at the Beaufort post in Southern Lebanon and their commander, Liraz Liberti who was the last commander on the Beaufort castle before the Israeli withdrawal in 2000.
The casting has raised serious public criticism in Israel, especially from families of slain soldiers and war veterans, given the fact that three of the leading roles were played by actors who dodged the draft that exists in that country (Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, and Itay Turgeman) [1], [2], [3], [4].

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Awards

Story

Box Office

External links

Awards

Berlin International Film Festival - Best Director (Joseph Cedar)

Story

The story takes place in the year 2000, the year of the IDF withdrawal from south Lebanon.
The setting for the film is a 12th century Crusader stronghold in southern Lebanon, just prior to Israel's withdrawal from that country in 2000. Israel's sudden withdrawal from Beaufort and Lebanon after 18 years of occupation is the backdrop for Cedar's film, which outlines the daily routine of a group of soldiers, their feelings and their fears, and explores their moral dilemmas in the days preceding the withdrawal.
The movie's director, himself an IDF veteran who was stationed in Lebanon, uses the stone walls of Beaufort castle as a symbol of the futility and endlessness of war. The film was shot in northern Israel in the spring of 2006. Symbolically, filming was completed in June, just a month before the second war in Lebanon broke out.

Box Office

The movie made more than $500,000 for its first 3 weeks in the Israeli theaters, a substantial amount for a domestic Israeli film.

External links

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★ ''Beaufort(movie)'' Official website