The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation

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The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation

54 hashanim harishonot – madrikh mekutzar lekibush tzva’i
Avi Mograbi
Homage Avi Mograbi 2021
Documentary Film
France,
Finland,
Israel,
Germany
2021
110 minutes
Hebrew,
English
Subtitles: 
English

The archived testimonies of “Breaking the Silence”, an association of military veterans, are to be turned into a compilation of “service incidents” in the Israeli-occupied territories. But Avi Mograbi confesses: “My films tend to get complicated, even when my intention is to make a very simple film.” His reaction to a complex doom is artistically and intellectually commensurate: complex. Once again he uses a built-in commentary function in which he himself, white-bearded, explains the tricky situation to his audience: not as a special “Israel-Palestine” case, but as the bitter standard application of the globally familiar aporetic model of “military occupation”.

Sylvia Görke

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Director
Avi Mograbi
Script
Avi Mograbi
Cinematographer
Tulik Gallon, Philippe Bellaiche
Editor
Avi Mograbi
Producer
Camille Laemlé, Serge Lalou
Co-Producer
Annie Ohayon-Dekel, Fabrice Puchault, Heino Deckert, Leila Lyytikäinen, Elina Pohjola, Farid Rezkallah, Anne Grolleron, Avi Mograbi
Sound
Avi Mograbi
World Sales
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