
Paradise Now(2005)
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.


“One man's journey to uncover his past.”
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

Ari Folman
Self (voice)

Mickey Leon
Boaz Rein-Buskila (voice)
Ori Sivan
Self (voice)

Yehezkel Lazarov
Carmi Cna'an (voice)
Ronny Dayag
Self (voice)
Shmuel Frenkel
Self (voice)
Zahava Solomon
Self (voice)
Ron Ben-Yishai
Self (voice)
Dror Harazi
Self (voice)
Waltz with Bashir is a animation, documentary, drama, war film released in 2008 exploring themes of israel, palestinian-israeli conflict, palestine, middle east, nightmare, mass murder. Directed by Ari Folman, it stars Ari Folman, Mickey Leon, Ori Sivan. An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
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