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Director:

  Bilu, Vardit & Hagar, Dalia
  

Year Released:

  2005

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3.5 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Smadar Sayar
  Neama Shendar
  Friends & Family
  Officers & Soldiers
  Yerushalmis
Movie Haiku:Israeli girls, still in their teens, begin military service in the Jerusalem Border Patrol, where adolescent pranks play out in the most serious of contexts. Powerful story doesn’t quite come together & awards from ’06 Berlin FF may not be for the right reasons, but definitely thought-provoking on many levels.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  Yes

Haiku Posted:

  2007