Jewish Community Center of Washington, DC

Foxtrot (film)
Edlavitch DCJCC

Dir. Samuel Maoz
(114 min, Israel, 2017)
German Arabic Hebrew with English subtitles 
Narrative 

Israel’s Official Submission for the 2018 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.

A grieving father experiences the absurd circumstances around death of his son, in this latest critical reflection on military culture from Israeli filmmaker Samuel Maoz (Lebanon).

Michael (Lior Ashkenazi) and Dafna (Sarah Adler) experience gut-wrenching grief when army officials show up at their home to announce the death of their son, Jonathan. Unable to find any solace in the well-meaning—if hollowly effusive —condolences of their extended family, or in the empty patriotic platitudes of bureaucrats, Michael spirals into anger only to subsequently experience one of life’s unfathomable twists—a twist that can only be rivaled by the surreal military experiences of his son.

Foxtrot examines both the strength and the absurdity of military service from several points of view. Moving from the grieving parents’ apartment to the remote military post where Jonathan was stationed, Maoz shows us precisely how much damage can ensue when young soldiers, barely able to tell their toe from a trigger, experience boredom, privation, and loneliness.

Although there is a terrible tragedy at the heart of the film, Foxtrot contains many moments laced with mordant humor, irony, and sincere emotional connection. Maoz once again brings us a powerful story, beautifully photographed and composed, about the lunacy of war, and its most immediate, as well as its most far-reaching, impacts.

-Note adapted from the Toronto International Film Festival

Tickets: https://www.wjff.org/film/foxtrot/

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