Country: Israel
Year: 2007
Duration: 125'
Perched atop a mountain in southern Lebanon, the Beaufort Castle has passed from army to army for hundreds of years. In the year 2000, Liraz Liberti, a young Israeli commander, is in charge of defending the last outpost. It has become his reason to live, driving him to allow perilous operations. Many of his soldiers lose their lives in a missile attack or in a bombing. Even Liraz realizes that Beaufort, once a symbol of victory, has long since become a symbol of futile bloodshed. “There is an abrupt, definitive moment in every war when the purpose for which soldiers gave their lives until that moment, ceases to exist. With Beaufort this moment comes with an horrific explosion, destroying one of the bloodiest mountains in the Middle East – an unforgettable, adrenaline-saturated moment, but also an image that crystallizes the inconceivable waste of human life. As a filmmaker, and as a former infantry soldier, I feel extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to put this image on screen.”
Biography
film director
Joseph Cedar
(New York, 1968) is director and screenwriter. He immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of six. He studied philosophy and theater history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is an NYU Film School graduate. His first two feature films, Time of Favor (2001) and Campfire (2004) were chosen as Israel’s official selections for the Foreign Film category at the Oscars. Campfire had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, in 2004. Beaufort is Cedar’s third film. He currently lives and works in Tel-Aviv.
FILMOGRAFIA
Hahesder (Time of Favor, 2001), Medurat Hashevet (Campire, 2004), Bufor (Beaufort, 2007).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Joseph Cedar
soggetto/story dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the homonymous novel by Ron Leshem
sceneggiatura/screenplay Ron Leshem, Joseph Cedar
fotografia/director of photography Ofer Inov
costumi/costume design Maya More
montaggio/film editor Zohar M. Sela
musica/music Ishai Adar
suono/sound Alex Claude
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Oshri Cohen (Liraz), Itay Tiran (Koris), Eli Eltonyo (Oshri), Ohad Knoller (Ziv), Itay Turgeman (Zitlawy), Arthur Faradjev (Shpitzer), Itai Szor (Itai Szor), Gal Friedman (Balis), Alon Aboutboul (Kimchi), Danny Zahavi (Meir), Daniel Bruk (Pavel), Ygal Resnik (Robbie), Nevo Kimchi (Avishai), Arthur Perzev (Shpitzer), Itay Schor (Emilio), Itay Tiran (Koris), Ami Weinberg (Amox Faran), Hanan Yishai (Nadav)
produttore/producer David Silber, David Mandil
produzione/production Metro Communications
coproduzione/coproduction United King Films, Movie Plus distribuzione,
vendita all’estero/distribution, world sales Bavaria Film International
soggetto/story dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the homonymous novel by Ron Leshem
sceneggiatura/screenplay Ron Leshem, Joseph Cedar
fotografia/director of photography Ofer Inov
costumi/costume design Maya More
montaggio/film editor Zohar M. Sela
musica/music Ishai Adar
suono/sound Alex Claude
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Oshri Cohen (Liraz), Itay Tiran (Koris), Eli Eltonyo (Oshri), Ohad Knoller (Ziv), Itay Turgeman (Zitlawy), Arthur Faradjev (Shpitzer), Itai Szor (Itai Szor), Gal Friedman (Balis), Alon Aboutboul (Kimchi), Danny Zahavi (Meir), Daniel Bruk (Pavel), Ygal Resnik (Robbie), Nevo Kimchi (Avishai), Arthur Perzev (Shpitzer), Itay Schor (Emilio), Itay Tiran (Koris), Ami Weinberg (Amox Faran), Hanan Yishai (Nadav)
produttore/producer David Silber, David Mandil
produzione/production Metro Communications
coproduzione/coproduction United King Films, Movie Plus distribuzione,
vendita all’estero/distribution, world sales Bavaria Film International
