Words (1996)
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Synopsis of Words
Haunting and deeply personal, this stylized film reflects director Amos Gitai's feelings and response to the 1995 assassination of Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin. Essentially a series of images shot from a moving vehicle in key Israeli and Polish cities, with a focus on the death place of Prime Minister Rabin, the film is narrated by several notable personalities reading passages from the writings of Josephus Flavius, a Jewish commander who lead the Israeli Jews in a desperate bid to keep the Romans out of their holy land in 73 A.D. The Hebrews lost and Josephus was allowed to live, provided he write a history of the devastating battle from the Roman viewpoint. Interspersed amongst the readings and the moving scenes are a few exquisitely sad songs. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Words
- Hanna Schygulla - Spirit Of Exile
- Samuel Fuller - The Narrator
- Efratia Gitai - Memory Holder
- Jerome Koening - The Emperor
- Enrico Lo Verso - Defender Of Masada
- Shuli Rand - Cantor
- Mascha Itkina - Nightingale
- Director(s):
- Amos Gitai
- Writer(s):
- Amos Gitai
- Producer(s):
- Laurent Truchot, Shuki Friedman, Amos Gitai
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