FOXTROT

FOXTROT, 2017

Israel, Germany, France, Switzerland| DCP, Color, 114' |Hebrew, Arabic, German

Director: Samuel Maoz

Cast: Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonatan Shiray

Well-known for his first feature length film Lebanon, Samuel Maozreturns with Foxtrot, his new film in which the characters try but fail in changing their destinies, just like the dance that the film is named after with its back and forth movements. Reminiscent of a play made up of three acts, the carefully composed film’s first act portrays parents who are given the news of the death of their soldier son, and the army members who try to “aid” them during their mourning process. The following acts deliver several surprising plot twists and masterfully highlight the meaninglessness and the individual effects of the consequences of war. A psychological thriller that is hard to forget, the film won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2017.