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Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir

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Waltz with Bashir

"One man's journey to uncover his past."

2008

1h 30m

7.7(1067 votes)

Animation

Documentary

Drama

War

Overview

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

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Production Companies

Les Films d'Ici

Razor Film Produktion

ARTE

The people behind it

Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Ari Folman

Ari Folman

Self (voice)

Mickey Leon

Mickey Leon

Boaz Rein-Buskila (voice)

Ori Sivan

Self (voice)

Yehezkel Lazarov

Yehezkel Lazarov

Carmi Cna'an (voice)

Ronny Dayag

Self (voice)

Shmuel Frenkel

Self (voice)

Zahava Solomon

Self (voice)

Ron Ben-Yishai

Self (voice)

Dror Harazi

Self (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Ari Folman
Written by: Ari Folman
Produced by: Serge Lalou
Yael Nahlieli

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