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- When I describe "Footnote," you may conclude that it offers little for you. In fact, it's one of the smartest and most merciless comedies to come along in a while. It centers on an area of fairly narrow interest, but in its study of human nature, it is deep and takes no prisoners.
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Mar 14, 2012 · "Footnote," a nominee for the foreign film Oscar this year, benefits from uncanny casting. Much of its success comes from the presence of the actors themselves. The story pendulum swings back and forth between father and son, who are both sympathetic and both tiresome and mean-spirited.
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Mar 8, 2012 · “Footnote,” a wonderful new film from the American-born Israeli director Joseph Cedar, at once affirms this conventional wisdom and calls it into question. The movie’s very title suggests ...
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Mar 8, 2012 · Movie Review - 'Footnote' The lives of two Talmudic scholars — one an embittered philologist, the other his more affable son — are changed when the father wins the prestigious Israel Prize ...
Footnote (Hebrew: הערת שוליים, translit. He'arat Shulayim) is a 2011 Israeli drama film written and directed by Joseph Cedar, starring Shlomo Bar Aba and Lior Ashkenazi. The plot revolves around the troubled relationship between a father and son who teach at the Talmud department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Mar 5, 2012 · Footnote, the absurdist tragedy by New York-born, Israeli-raised Joseph Cedar, is a movie of such cosmic inconsequence that hyperbole is inevitable.
Mar 2, 2012 · Joseph Cedar’s Israeli film “Footnote,” a tragicomic tale of rivalry between two Talmudic scholars, father and son, opens in New York on March 9.
Mar 9, 2012 · In addition to its Oscar nomination, “Footnote” won the best screenplay prize at Cannes and swept the top honors at the Ophirs, Israel’s equivalent of the Academy Awards. It’s easy to see why.
