Time of Favor (2000)

Original title

ההסדר

Directed by

Joseph Cedar

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A love triangle unfolds among religious Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. Their personal tensions are complicated by a looming terrorist threat.

tensepsychologicalsuspensefulemotionally complexgrittyintimatelayeredsomber

What happens

Time of Favor (in Hebrew, Ha-hesder) is Israeli writer-director Joseph Cedar's 2000 debut film, starring Aki Avni. The film plays out a psychologically complex love triangle in the middle of terrorist conflict in the Israeli occupied West Bank. The New York Times called it an "art house thriller," and the Los Angeles Times said it was "one of the most successful contemporary Israeli films." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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