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Footnote

Original title: Hearat Shulayim
  • 20112011
  • PGPG
  • 1h 47m
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Footnote (2011)
Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
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Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship re... Read allEliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
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    • Joseph Cedar
    • Joseph Cedar
  • Stars
    • Shlomo Bar-Aba
    • Lior Ashkenazi
    • Aliza Rosen
    • Joseph Cedar
    • Joseph Cedar
  • Stars
    • Shlomo Bar-Aba
    • Lior Ashkenazi
    • Aliza Rosen
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    • 35User reviews
    • 110Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Shlomo Bar-Aba in Footnote (2011)
    Shlomo Bar-Aba in Footnote (2011)
    Lior Ashkenazi and Shlomo Bar-Aba in Footnote (2011)
    Shlomo Bar-Aba in Footnote (2011)
    Shlomo Bar-Aba in Footnote (2011)
    Shlomo Bar-Aba in Footnote (2011)
    Lior Ashkenazi in Footnote (2011)
    Lior Ashkenazi and Alma Zack in Footnote (2011)
    Shlomo Bar-Aba in Footnote (2011)
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    Shlomo Bar-Aba
    Shlomo Bar-Aba
    • Eliezer Shkolnik
    • (as Shlomo Bar Aba)
    Lior Ashkenazi
    Lior Ashkenazi
    • Uriel Shkolnik
    Aliza Rosen
    Aliza Rosen
    • Yehudit Shkolnik
    • (as Alisa Rosen)
    Alma Zack
    Alma Zack
    • Dikla Shkolnik
    • (as Alma Zak)
    Micah Lewensohn
    • Yehuda Grossman
    Nevo Kimchi
    Nevo Kimchi
    • Yair Fingerhut
    Yuval Scharf
    Yuval Scharf
    • Noa newspaper reporter
    Daniel Markovich
    • Josh Shkolnik
    Tsipi Gal
    • Mystery Woman
    Michael Koresh
    • Committee Member
    Idit Teperson
    Idit Teperson
    • Committee Member
    Shmuel Shiloh
    Shmuel Shiloh
    • Committee Member
    • (as Shmulik Shilo)
    Albert Iluz
    Albert Iluz
    • Committee Member
    • (as Albert Illouz)
    Gad Kaynar
    • Committee Member
    Jackey Levi
    Jackey Levi
    • TV Host
    • (as Jacky Levy)
    Hanna Hacohen
    • Israel Prize Producer
    Itay Polishuk
    • Security Guard
    Edna Blilious
    Edna Blilious
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      • Joseph Cedar
      • Joseph Cedar
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    • Trivia
      Joseph Cedar is the son of the Israel Prize recipient, Haim Cedar.
    • Goofs
      At around 38:00, when Uriel enters the room that the committee is meeting in for the first time, he can open and close the door easily. But when he returns with a chair a few seconds later, suddenly there's not enough space to close it, despite his chair not being in the way.
    • Quotes

      Uriel Shkolnik: [to a student] I will tell you something that my father told me once: Your work has many things correct and many things innovative. Unfortunately, the innovative things are not correct and the correct things are not innovative.

    • Crazy credits
      The credits for the major cast and crew members all have the initial letters of their names in bold, echoing the plot device that causes the confusion between the father and son.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2011 (2011)

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    One thing that has become common in American popular culture - if you can call it culture - is to have all sorts of salacious family feuds. That makes it all the more satisfying to see Joseph Cedar's "Hearat Shulayim" ("Footnote" in English). The movie focuses on a father and son, both of whom are professors at the Talmudic Research department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Despite the father's extensive studies, the Israel Prize committee refuses to recognize his work, while the son has garnered a lot of respect. One day, the father receives a call announcing that he's winning the prize. There's just one problem: the committee meant to call the son.

    The movie makes sure to avoid tabloid-style situations. It takes a serious approach to the situation. Probably the most effective scene is when the son meets the Israel Prize committee in a cramped office and reminds them of the hypocrisy of their decision to deny his father the prize. Nonetheless, the tension between father and son remains. In the end, it's a really good movie. I haven't seen many Israeli movies, but now I would like to.
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    • Dec 25, 2012

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      • May 25, 2011 (Israel)
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      • Jerusalem, Israel
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      • Avi Chai fund
      • Israeli Film Fund
      • Jerusalem Film and Television Fund
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    • 1 hour 47 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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