Footnote (2011)

Original title

הערת שוליים

Directed by

Joseph Cedar

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 76 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A father and son both work in Talmudic studies at a university. Their rivalry and resentment come to a head when one receives a prestigious award.

thoughtfultensewryintimategently comicacademicemotionally layeredquietly dramatic

What happens

Footnote (Hebrew: הערת שוליים, translit. He'arat Shulayim) is a 2011 Israeli drama film written and directed by Joseph Cedar, starring Shlomo Bar Aba and Lior Ashkenazi. The plot revolves around the troubled relationship between a father and son who teach at the Talmud department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The film won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Footnote won nine prizes at the 2011 Ophir Awards, becoming Israel's entry for the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. On 18 January 2012, the film was named as one of the nine shortlisted entries for the Oscars. On 24 January 2012, the film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film, but lost to the Iranian film A Separation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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