Waltz with Bachir

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Ari Folman revisits the tragic episode of the Lebanese war in the early 1980s.

Waltz with Bashir, a film by Ari Folman, 2008 © New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & Television

Presentation

It is an autobiographical film. Ari Folman, an Israeli director, has an appointment in a bar with a friend who has recurring nightmares in which he finds himself systematically chased by a pack of 26 dogs. 26, exactly the number of dogs he had to kill during the Lebanon war in the early 1980s! The next day, Ari finds a memory of that period for the first time. A silent, haunting image: himself, a young soldier, bathing in front of Beirut with two comrades. He feels a vital need to discover the truth about this part of history and about himself, and decides to interview some of his former comrades... The deeper Ari goes into his memory, the more the forgotten images will resurface.

Distribution

Screening followed by a meeting with Anne Théron moderated by Oriane Jeancourt Galignani, editor in chief of Transfuge magazine.

Production

With the cinemas Utopia
In partnership with Transfuge magazine

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Pictures

Waltz with Bashir, a film by Ari Folman, 2008 © New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & Television

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