PARK CITY -- A pulsating look from the front lines during last year's Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip, "5 Days" should enthrall viewers interested in the Israel-Palestinian conflicts, as well as those generally interested in prescriptive conflict resolution.
"5 Days" will thrive at film festivals and should be a smart draw on the Sundance Channel.
In this gripping document, we follow the removal of 8,000 settlers from their Gaza dwellings by the Israeli army. What was feared would be a catastrophe of bloodletting turns into a triumph of restraint. Director Yoav Shamir evenly captures the endgame scenario orchestrated by both sides and shows succinctly how armed violence was avoided.
With multiple camera crews, including a unit that followed Gen. Dan Harel, chief of the Southern Command, "5 Days" is a ranging, provocative insight into the volatile dynamics of this historic mission. Harel, we see, is a commanding but compassionate leader who realized that the five days would proceed on a certain course. Under his command, the Israeli soldiers showed compassion and civil fortitude as things inexorably climaxed toward the fifth day, when the most entrenched and resistant would be confronted and removed.
Told with intelligence and multiple perspectives, "5 Days" provokes one to examine why all intractable conflicts can't be solved with such honor and delicacy.
Technical contributions are first rate, including taut editing from Arik Lahav-Leibovitz and probing camerawork from the legion of cinematographers.
5 DAYS
Keshet, IDFA Documentary, Sundance Channel and Profile Prods.
Credits:
Director: Yoav Shamir
Producer: Moshe Levinson
Directors of photography: Yoav Shamir, Mahmoud Albaied, Yossi Aviram, Shai Goldman, Eytan Harris, Nadav Lapid, Gil Mezuman, Amit Shalev, Claudio Steinberg, Alon Zingman
Music: Ophir Leibovitch
Editor: Arik Lahav-Leibovitz
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 94 minutes...
"5 Days" will thrive at film festivals and should be a smart draw on the Sundance Channel.
In this gripping document, we follow the removal of 8,000 settlers from their Gaza dwellings by the Israeli army. What was feared would be a catastrophe of bloodletting turns into a triumph of restraint. Director Yoav Shamir evenly captures the endgame scenario orchestrated by both sides and shows succinctly how armed violence was avoided.
With multiple camera crews, including a unit that followed Gen. Dan Harel, chief of the Southern Command, "5 Days" is a ranging, provocative insight into the volatile dynamics of this historic mission. Harel, we see, is a commanding but compassionate leader who realized that the five days would proceed on a certain course. Under his command, the Israeli soldiers showed compassion and civil fortitude as things inexorably climaxed toward the fifth day, when the most entrenched and resistant would be confronted and removed.
Told with intelligence and multiple perspectives, "5 Days" provokes one to examine why all intractable conflicts can't be solved with such honor and delicacy.
Technical contributions are first rate, including taut editing from Arik Lahav-Leibovitz and probing camerawork from the legion of cinematographers.
5 DAYS
Keshet, IDFA Documentary, Sundance Channel and Profile Prods.
Credits:
Director: Yoav Shamir
Producer: Moshe Levinson
Directors of photography: Yoav Shamir, Mahmoud Albaied, Yossi Aviram, Shai Goldman, Eytan Harris, Nadav Lapid, Gil Mezuman, Amit Shalev, Claudio Steinberg, Alon Zingman
Music: Ophir Leibovitch
Editor: Arik Lahav-Leibovitz
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 94 minutes...
- 1/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARK CITY -- A pulsating look from the front lines during the August 2005 Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip, "5 Days" should enthrall viewers interested in the Israel-Palestinian conflicts, as well as those generally interested in prescriptive conflict resolution.
"5 Days" will thrive at film festivals, and should be a smart draw on the Sundance Channel.
In this gripping document, we follow the removal of 8,000 settlers from their Gaza dwellings by the Israeli army. What was feared would be a catastrophe of bloodletting turns into a triumph of restraint. Director Yoav Shamir evenly captures the endgame scenario orchestrated by both sides and shows succinctly how armed violence was avoided.
With multiple camera crews, including a unit which followed General Dan Harel, chief of the Southern Command, "5 Days" is a ranging, provocative insight into the volatile dynamics of this historic mission. General Dan Harel, we see, is a commanding but compassionate leader who realized that the five-days would proceed on a certain course. Under his command, the Israeli soldiers showed compassion and civil fortitude as things inexorably climaxed toward the fifth day, when the most entrenched and resistant would be confronted and removed.
Told with intelligence and multiple perspectives, "5 Days" provokes one to examine why all intractable conflicts can't be solved with such honor and delicacy.
Technical contributions are first rate: taut editing from Arik Lahav-Leibovitz and probing camera work from the legion of cinematographers.
5 DAYS
Keshet
idfa Documentary
Sundance Channel
Profile Prods. Presents
Credits:
Director: Yoav Shamir
Producer: Moshe Levinson
Directors
of photography: Yoav Shamir, Mahmoud Albaied, Yossi Aviram, Shai Goldman, Eytan Harris, Nadav Lapid, Gil Mezuman, Amit Shalev, Claudio Steinberg, Alon Zingman
Music: Ophir Leibovitch
Editor: Arik Lahav-Leibovitz
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 94 minutes...
"5 Days" will thrive at film festivals, and should be a smart draw on the Sundance Channel.
In this gripping document, we follow the removal of 8,000 settlers from their Gaza dwellings by the Israeli army. What was feared would be a catastrophe of bloodletting turns into a triumph of restraint. Director Yoav Shamir evenly captures the endgame scenario orchestrated by both sides and shows succinctly how armed violence was avoided.
With multiple camera crews, including a unit which followed General Dan Harel, chief of the Southern Command, "5 Days" is a ranging, provocative insight into the volatile dynamics of this historic mission. General Dan Harel, we see, is a commanding but compassionate leader who realized that the five-days would proceed on a certain course. Under his command, the Israeli soldiers showed compassion and civil fortitude as things inexorably climaxed toward the fifth day, when the most entrenched and resistant would be confronted and removed.
Told with intelligence and multiple perspectives, "5 Days" provokes one to examine why all intractable conflicts can't be solved with such honor and delicacy.
Technical contributions are first rate: taut editing from Arik Lahav-Leibovitz and probing camera work from the legion of cinematographers.
5 DAYS
Keshet
idfa Documentary
Sundance Channel
Profile Prods. Presents
Credits:
Director: Yoav Shamir
Producer: Moshe Levinson
Directors
of photography: Yoav Shamir, Mahmoud Albaied, Yossi Aviram, Shai Goldman, Eytan Harris, Nadav Lapid, Gil Mezuman, Amit Shalev, Claudio Steinberg, Alon Zingman
Music: Ophir Leibovitch
Editor: Arik Lahav-Leibovitz
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 94 minutes...
- 1/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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