Stay Forte (2025)
- Original title
- תהיה חזק
- Directed by
- Doron Eran
- Genre
- war drama
- Country
- Israel
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- 14
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows three Israeli men who are abducted during the October 7 attacks and taken hostage in Gaza. Based on true events, it portrays their captivity and eventual death by friendly fire.
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What happens
Stay Forte (Hebrew: תהיה חזק) is a 2025 Israeli drama film directed by Doron Eran. It deals with the Gaza war hostage crisis and is based on the stories of Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka. The three Israeli men were abducted to the Gaza Strip amid the 7 October attacks and later killed in friendly fire on 16 December 2023. The film stars Shahar Tavoch, Tomer Machloof, Wael Hamdun as well as American actors Judd Hirsch and Selma Blair. It is among the first feature films to deal with the events of the Gaza war. The film premiered at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque in Tel Aviv on 16 November 2025, followed by a nationwide theatrical release on 20 November 2025. It will be released theatrically in the United States in March 2026, preceded by a gala premiere in Los Angeles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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