Bethlehem
Written by Ali Wakad and Yuval Adler
Directed by Yuval Adler
Israel, 2013
The final shot of the new Israeli film Bethlehem, one of last year’s nominees for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar, depicts two characters lying or sitting on the ground in a deserted field, a car behind them; in the distance, there’s a nondescript house hovering like a tiny specter. One of the (perhaps) unconscious messages of this closer is that the story told within Bethlehem is but one strand in the infinite web that is the fractious battle over statehood in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine. Early on, the writers and director take a near-novelistic approach to this tale, introducing more and more factions with a say in the control and power surrounding Bethlehem itself; by the end, the focus becomes laser-like on two leading characters, almost becoming less striking in the telling.
Written by Ali Wakad and Yuval Adler
Directed by Yuval Adler
Israel, 2013
The final shot of the new Israeli film Bethlehem, one of last year’s nominees for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar, depicts two characters lying or sitting on the ground in a deserted field, a car behind them; in the distance, there’s a nondescript house hovering like a tiny specter. One of the (perhaps) unconscious messages of this closer is that the story told within Bethlehem is but one strand in the infinite web that is the fractious battle over statehood in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine. Early on, the writers and director take a near-novelistic approach to this tale, introducing more and more factions with a say in the control and power surrounding Bethlehem itself; by the end, the focus becomes laser-like on two leading characters, almost becoming less striking in the telling.
- 3/28/2014
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
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