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Beaufort is a deeply observant and meditative war film, masterfully rendered by director Joseph Cedar. Read critic reviews
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Near the end of the war in Lebanon, a group of Israeli soldiers defends an isolated mountain outpost next to a 12th-century fortress called Beaufort Castle. Moving through a maze-like underground structure, they are under constant bombardment and stress. The young commander, Liraz (Oshri Cohen), is at odds with demolitions expert, Ziv (Ohad Knoller), and things become even more tense as the troops prepare to withdraw and possibly destroy the very bunker they've been defending.
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
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Original Language: Hebrew
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Director: Joseph Cedar
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Producer: David Mandil, Chilik Michaeli
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Writer: Joseph Cedar
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $101.3K
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Kino International
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Some kind of structure at the site of Beaufort Castle may date back to Roman times, but not a lot is known about it. The location of the current structure, or rather its remains, is at the crest of a 2100 foot hill with a commanding view of the surrounding area, It includes southern Lebanon and northern Israel. Beaufort was captured by the Crusaders in 1139. From 1976 to 1982, the PLO used it as a base for rocket attacks on Israel. In 1982, the Israelis captured it and remained there until 2000. <I>Beaufort</I> is a fictitious account of the final weeks of Israeli occupation. The film begins with a bomb expert being choppered in under mortar fire. His task is to seize and defuse a new type of I.E.D. found placed on the access road. Instead of destroying it, the Israelis want to capture it and find out how it works. Of course it blows him up. With this cheery beginning, the film launches into its study of the irony of holding a fortified position: long stretches of mind numbing, bleak boredom interspersed with sudden moments of sheer terror. The cynical occupation force is demoralized. They have been there too long, and the occupation has become a stalemate. All they can do is prevent the enemy from using the position against them. There is no way to win within the situation in which they find themselves. Living in Spartan conditions, the soldiers endure continual mortar attacks and harassing fire. Each man is counting the hours that he must serve there, maintaining his sanity by dreaming of the personal plans he will pursue upon his release from the IDF. There is some vague prospect that the army may soon receive permission to evacuate the dreary stronghold. Any morale that exists is broken when the enemy acquires T.O.W missiles and turns one of the parapets and the soldier manning it into dust. The T.O.W. is capable of penetrating the thick concrete barriers that had heretofore offered semi-adequate protection. Now the men all feel like sitting ducks, and the elusive evacuation order becomes of utmost importance to them. They wait and wait, and while they wait, rumors circulate that the fort wasn't supposed to have been captured in the first place. Allegedly the commander in charge of the 1982 assault had been ordered to pull back, but proceeded and managed to take the position anyway, dooming soldiers for years to come to be assigned to the boring and very hazardous duty of guarding it under continual attack from incoming ordinance. The IDF is perpetually whittled down and replenished. The soldiers spend all of their time keeping their heads down and dodging shrapnel. Detached, iconoclastic crew chiefs sit in a CCTV command center deep within the fortress, droning out verbal alerts every time rocket or mortar flashes are detected, and confirmations when the projectiles strike the encampment. PA speakers drone on, "Incoming, Incoming," and then "Impact, Impact." in an ever present monotone. The announcements and attacks reverberate throughout the compound with tedious regularity. 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I couldnt get into this movie at all & eventually I just turned it off
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A fantastic offering from Israel depicting the comradeship between soldiers assigned to an isolated outpost in Lebanon. Director Joseph Cedar centers the focus on his characters by putting the camera right down in the trenches with them. Other than their mortars and missiles you never even see the enemy, increasing the sense of isolation and (sometimes) despair. A fitting tribute to the brave men who actually served at Beaufort.
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You almost want to characterize this as the live action version of Waltz With Bashir...in my opinion it is just as effective. A very appropriate picture given that another great troop withdrawal is soon upon us.
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