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Incitement (2019)

Incitement poster
Original title
ימים נוראים
Directed by
Yaron Zilberman
Genre
drama film
Country
Israel
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
18A
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the years leading up to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. It focuses on the radicalization of the man who would kill him and the hostile political climate that surrounded the event.

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What happens

Incitement (Hebrew: ימים נוראים, lit. 'Days of Awe [a Hebrew phrase used to for the High Holy Days]') is a 2019 Israeli thriller film directed by Yaron Zilberman. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was written by Ron Leshem alongside Zilberman, and Yair Hizmi. At the film's world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the screening was halted and the audience had to evacuate because of a security threat. The screening resumed when the cinema showing the film was determined to be safe. It received the 2019 Ophir Award for Best Picture and was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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