Beaufort (2007)

Original title

בופור

Directed by

Joseph Cedar

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

16

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the year 2000, a group of Israeli soldiers defend a crusader fortress in southern Lebanon as their army prepares to withdraw. The film shows their daily fears and moral doubts during the final days of an 18-year occupation.

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What happens

Beaufort (Hebrew: בופור Bufor) is a 2007 Israeli war film. The film was directed by Joseph Cedar and was co-written by Cedar and Ron Leshem, based on Leshem's 2005 novel. The film takes place in the year 2000, the year of the IDF withdrawal from the Israeli Security Zone in southern Lebanon. It chronicles the daily routine of a group of soldiers positioned at the 12th-century Crusader stronghold of Beaufort Castle, their feelings and their fears, and explores their moral dilemmas in the days preceding the withdrawal and end of the 18-year of Israeli occupation of South of Lebanon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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