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From Israel, an anguished cry of rage, pain and love

JL;DR SUMMARY Nadav Lapid's film "Ahed's Knee," which received the Prix de la Jury at the Cannes Film Festival, continues his tradition of provocative cinema with an intense exploration of Israeli cultural and political turmoil. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli SocietyCensorshipSelf CensorshipCultural CritiqueCannes Film FestivalPalestinian ActivismIsraeli CinemaNadav LapidAhed's KneePolitical Provocation

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Israel
"Two years after he won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival with his existential and diasporic parable Synonyms, Israeli auteur Nadav Lapid traded the marshes of Prussia for the beaches of Southern France."
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France
"Israeli auteur Nadav Lapid traded the marshes of Prussia for the beaches of Southern France, where his latest film, Aheds Knee picked up the Prix de la Jury at the 74th Cannes Film Festival."
Thailand
"Lapid, who shared the award with Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakuls Memoria, became the first Israeli filmmaker to compete at Cannes since 2011."
Berlin, Germany
"Two years after he won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival with his existential and diasporic parable Synonyms, Israeli auteur Nadav Lapid traded the marshes of Prussia for the beaches of Southern France."
Central District, Israel
"In 2017, when Tammi was 16 years old, she received an eight-month prison term for slapping an Israeli soldier in the West Bank."
Southern District, Israel
"Aheds Knee is more like the sledgehammer that we see, in the films most jarring cut, ready to shatter the kneecap of an actress auditioning for a film about the real-life Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi."
Berlin, Germany
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Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"A.J. Goldmann is a writer based between Munich and Berlin."
Haifa District, Israel
"...takes a strange detour into the Arabah desert, where he has been invited to present one of his films in a community library."

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