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One night in September 1982, Christian militia members invaded refugee camps in the heart of Beirut and massacred more than three thousand Palestinians while Israeli soldiers surrounded the area. Ari Folman was one of these soldiers. A fully animated documentary, WALTZ WITH BASHIR is Folman's attempt to decipher the horror of .. Read more

Starring Boaz Rein Buskila, Ori Sivan, Roni Dayg, Carmi Cnaa'n
Director Ari Folman
Genres Animated, Documentary, World Cinema

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Waltz with Bashir

One night in September 1982, Christian militia members invaded refugee camps in the heart of Beirut and massacred more than three thousand Palestinians while Israeli soldiers surrounded the area. Ari Folman was one of these soldiers. A fully animated documentary, WALTZ WITH BASHIR is Folman's attempt to decipher the horror of that night.

Starring Boaz Rein Buskila, Ori Sivan, Roni Dayg, Carmi Cnaa'n, Shmuel Frenkel, Ron Ben Yisahi, Dror Harazi, Prof. Zahava Solomon
Director Ari Folman
Studio ARTIFICIAL EYE
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Collections 100 Most Wanted
Genres Animated, Documentary, World Cinema
Language DVD: Hebrew, German
Blu-ray: Hebrew, German
Released DVD: 30 Mar 2009
Blu-ray: 30 Mar 2009
Production year: 2008

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  • 4 stars out of

    Memory is dynamic Its alive. This animated documentary, for which Israeli filmmaker Ari Folmans wizard... read more on Time Out

    • Dave Calhoun, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 65 out of 66 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    5 Star Visuals, 2 Star Narrative

    I saw this film when it was previewed. The animation is stunning; it has a 'rotorscope' ('Scanner Darkly') feel and is well worth seeing for ... more

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      • Posted 21 Nov 2008 07:11

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    Rated - 0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    What a cop out

    I wanted to read others reviews about the animated documentary film Waltz with Bashir, to reassure myself that I was right and that what presented itself to me ... more

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      • Posted 04 May 2009 13:44

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