Rabin, the Last Day

Nominee
Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival
I hope a lot of Americans see this film -- for the warning it offers.
-- Thomas Friedman, New York Times

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Rabin, the Last Day

For many Israelis, the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 marked a grim turning point for their country. In the words of the commission set up to investigate the murder, "Israeli society [would] never be the same again. As a democracy, political assassination was not part of our culture." In the eyes of even more people, the murder ended all hope for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process through the Oslo Accords and altered the course of history. But, as Amos Gitai sets out to prove in his brave and provocative new film, Rabin's assassination was not just the act of one fanatic; it was the culmination of a hate campaign that emanated from the rabbis and public figures of Israel's far right.
Not Rated
Genre
Drama, History
Runtime
156
Language
Hebrew
Director
Amos Gitai
Cast
Yitzhak Hizkiya, Pini Mittelman, Michael Warshaviak
Awards:
Nominee, Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Matt Fagerholm, RogerEbert.com

How much blood must be shed upon a piece of sacred land before it can no longer be deemed “sacred”? The answer, I’m afraid, is blowin’ in the wind rustling through Jerusalem, as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to claim lives in the name of religious righteousness. Few people have explored ...

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