Shoshana

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Shoshana

2023,

1h 59m,

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller

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Inspired by real events, SHOSHANA is a political thriller set in 1930s Tel Aviv. Thomas Wilkin, who works in the anti-terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police force, is in love with Shoshana Borochov. Through their relationship the film explores the way extremism and violence drives a wedge between people, forcing them to choose sides.

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Shoshana is a solidly fact-based historical thriller whose complex themes are occasionally underserved by director Michael Winterbottom's facile treatment.

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

Aug 11, 2025

In addition to boasting an impressive production design, it is beautifully filmed. [Full review in Spanish]

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

Jul 25, 2025

2.5/4

Thus, audiences are likely to see this film as more resigned to the inevitability of permanent conflict than providing any insight in how to move away from it.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Jul 24, 2025

Shoshana is engrossing in purely cinematic terms: Winterbottom keeps the narrative streamlined and clear, and he slickly — maybe too slickly — stages several set pieces.

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Brian Susbielles

InSession Film

Dec 19, 2025

B

Shoshana is a look at the past through the lens of a historical figure who saw everything from the beginning up to today. With archive footage to push the story along in the beginning and at the end, Winterbottom smoothly gives us a timeline.

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M. Faust

The Buffalo Hive

Aug 28, 2025

B+

Moments of narration filling in gaps between scenes give the impression that this two-hour film may have been whittled down from something longer, though it would take a miniseries even to begin to do justice to all the history converging here.

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Chelsea Alexandra

MovieJawn

Aug 19, 2025

For much of its runtime, Shoshana is directionless. It's narratively muted and thematically hollow. When the film reaches its conclusion, it's framed as a kind of bittersweet victory that feels one-sided.

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Synopsis

Inspired by real events, SHOSHANA is a political thriller set in 1930s Tel Aviv. Thomas Wilkin, who works in the anti-terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police force, is in love with Shoshana Borochov. Through their relationship the film explores the way extremism and violence drives a wedge between people, forcing them to choose sides.

Director: Michael Winterbottom
Producer: Melissa Parmenter, Josh Hyams, Luigi Napoleone, Massimo Di Rocco
Screenwriter: Michael Winterbottom, Laurence Coriat, Paul Viragh
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 59m

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