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Synopsis

One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images… Folman's animated documentary has been acclaimed worldwide and is winner of 6 Israeli Film Academy Awards, including Best Film, Director, Screenplay and Art Direction. Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. (Fully subtitled)

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Film Information

• Genre: Animation, Drama, War
• Director: Ari Folman
• Written By: Ari Folman
• Starring: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, and Dror Harazi
• Running Time: 90 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing images of atrocities, strong violence, brief nudity and a scene of graphic sexual content
• Language: Hebrew | German | English
• Official Site

Reviews

"Provocative, hallucinatory, incendiary, this devastating animated documentary is unlike any Israeli film you've seen. More than that, in its seamless mixing of the real and the surreal, the personal and the political, animation and live action, it's unlike any film you've seen, period."

   - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

"An absolute stunner, a feature-length animated documentary, from Israel, in which the force of moving drawings amplifies eerily powerful accounts of war, shaky remembrance and rock-solid repression."

   - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

"A bravura documentary which balances the personal and the political as it peers into the First Lebanon War, its animated approach never feeling like a novelty. Astonishing, unforgettable: you have to see it."

   - Dan Jolin, Empire

"Waltz With Bashir has transcended the definitions of ''cartoon'' or ''war documentary'' to be classified as its own brilliant invention."

   - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

"The best movie of 2008? The most revealing war film ever made? The greatest animated feature to come out of Israel? All these descriptions could apply to Waltz With Bashir."

   - Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

Showtimes

• Friday, February 27th
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Saturday, February 28th
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Sunday, March 1st
  2:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Monday, March 2nd
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Tuesday, March 3rd
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Wednesday, March 4th
  9:30 pm
• Thursday, March 5th
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Friday, March 6th
  6:30 pm, 9:00 pm
• Saturday, March 7th
  4:00 pm, 6:30 pm, 9:00 pm
• Sunday, March 8th
  1:30 pm, 4:00 pm
• Monday, March 9th
  6:30 pm, 9:00 pm
• Tuesday, March 10th
  6:30 pm, 9:00 pm
• Wednesday, March 11th
  6:30 pm, 9:00 pm
• Thursday, March 12th
  6:30 pm, 9:00 pm