2023 · drama · history · war
Golda
Directed by Guy Nattiv1h 41m2023
Set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction. She must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.
Our read: Golda (2023) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · history · war entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- cold
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