Beaufort

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Beaufort

2008,

2h 5m,

Action/

Drama/

War

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87%

47 Reviews

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72%

2,500+ Ratings

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87%

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47 Reviews

72%

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2,500+ Ratings

Near the end of the war in Lebanon, a group of Israeli soldiers defends an isolated mountain outpost next to a 12th-century fortress called Beaufort Castle. Moving through a maze-like underground structure, they are under constant bombardment and stress. The young commander, Liraz (Oshri Cohen), is at odds with the demolitions expert, Ziv (Ohad Knoller), and things become even more tense as the troops prepare to withdraw and possibly destroy the very bunker they've been defending.

Critics Consensus

Beaufort is a deeply observant and meditative war film, masterfully rendered by director Joseph Cedar.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Aug 23, 2018

Joseph Cedar, the director, obviously decided not to hold the audience's hand. This is good until you get lost; at which point you are less interested in the film and more interested in trying to feel for the hand that isn't there.

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

Nov 24, 2011

2/4

The soldiers feel stuck and so do we.

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Kamal Al-Solaylee

Globe and Mail

Sep 1, 2008

2.5/4

Clearly something has gone MIA in moving from the small pictures into a cohesive big one.

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Ellie Lucas

From the Front Row

Jul 6, 2019

3.5/4

There is no preaching or pontificating here, just young men with a lifetime ahead of them, forced to wait in hell while their fates are decided for them by men in air conditions rooms.

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Hank Sartin

Time Out Chicago

Aug 23, 2012

3/5

Cedar overcomes the generic characters and formulaic "which innocent will die next in an ironic twist" plotting by his attention to detail.

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Nora Lee Mandel

Film-Forward.com

Dec 23, 2008

10/10

Powerful portrait of an officer and his soldiers facing up to what it means to serve in an army of a fallible, democratic country that spins an explosive pyrrhic victory

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Synopsis

Near the end of the war in Lebanon, a group of Israeli soldiers defends an isolated mountain outpost next to a 12th-century fortress called Beaufort Castle. Moving through a maze-like underground structure, they are under constant bombardment and stress. The young commander, Liraz (Oshri Cohen), is at odds with the demolitions expert, Ziv (Ohad Knoller), and things become even more tense as the troops prepare to withdraw and possibly destroy the very bunker they've been defending.

Director: Joseph Cedar
Producer: David Mandil, Chilik Michaeli
Screenwriter: Joseph Cedar
Distributor: Kino International
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Original Language: Hebrew
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 18, 2008, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $101.3K
Runtime: 2h 5m

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