2009 · drama · war
Lebanon (2009)
Directed by Samuel Maoz1h 33m2009
During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town.
Our read: Lebanon (2009) (2009) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · war entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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