Joseph Cedar

  • Joseph Cedar – Ha-Hesder AKA Time of Favor (2000)

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    Is today’s fanaticism tomorrow’s policy? In a West Bank settlement, Rabbi Meltzer has a grand design: he’s building a movement “to pray at the Temple Mount.” His yeshiva has scholars, and the settlement is getting its own military company to be commanded by Menachem, a disciple of the rabbi. He also wants his daughter, Michal, to marry Pini, the yeshiva’s best scholar. Michal has no interest in Pini, but she is attracted to Menachem. When she rebuffs Pini, he hatches a bold and secret plan. Is jealousy the motivation or something else? Meanwhile, the army and Mossad are closely watching the rabbi’s activities and Menachem’s military training. Who is trustworthy?Read More »

  • Joseph Cedar – Hearat Shulayim aka Footnote (2011)

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    *Nominated for Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012.

    *Best Screenplay at Cannes 2011.

    The story of a great rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors in the Talmud department of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The son has an addictive dependency on the embrace and accolades that the establishment provides, while his father is a stubborn purist with a fear and profound revulsion for what the establishment stands for, yet beneath his contempt lies a desperate thirst for some kind of recognition. The Israel Prize, Israel’s most prestigious national award, is the jewel that brings these two to a final, bitter confrontation.Read More »

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