The Vulture (1981)

Original title

העיט

Directed by

Yaky Yosha

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young soldier struggles with the effects of war and how society honors fallen combatants. The film follows his personal journey through the machinery of national mourning.

thoughtfulsomberreflectiveslow-burndisturbingseriouspolitically chargedintrospective

What happens

The Vulture (Hebrew: העיט) is director Yaky Yosha's third feature, first screened in 1981. Its release, not long before the first war in Lebanon, dealt with the immortalization industry due to young war casualties. The film's screenplay is based on the book The Last Jew by Yoram Kaniuk. The film was screened in Israel for about a month, but following complaints from bereaved parents, the Israeli Council for Film and Play Review decided to censor 20 seconds of it. However, the film was screened uncut at the Cannes Film Festival. In response to the public controversy, Yoram Kaniuk stated: "The film does not judge bereaved parents, nor does it deal with them. It addresses what happens to a young person after a war". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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