Incitement | |
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Directed by | Yaron Zilberman |
Written by | Ron Leshem Yaron Zilberman Yair Hizmi |
Starring | Yehuda Nahari Halevi |
Cinematography | Amit Yasur |
Edited by | Shira Arad Yonatan Weinstein |
Music by | Raz Mesinai |
Release dates |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Language | Hebrew |
Box office | $140,306[1][2] |
Incitement (Hebrew: ימים נוראים, lit. 'Terrible Days') is a 2019 Israeli thriller film directed by Yaron Zilberman.[3] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] The film was written by Ron Leshem alongside Zilberman, and Yair Hizmi. At the film's world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the screening was halted and the audience had to evacuate because of a security threat. The screening resumed when the cinema showing the film was determined to be safe.[5] It received the 2019 Ophir Award for Best Picture and was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.[6]
Plot
[edit]A profile of Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
Cast
[edit]- Yehuda Nahari Halevi as Yigal Amir
- Amitai Yaish as Shlomo Amir
- Anat Ravnitzki as Geula Amir
- Yoav Levi as Hagai Amir
- Daniella Kertesz as Nava
- Sivan Mast as Margalit Har-Shefi
- Dolev Ohana as Dror Adani
- Omer Perelman Striks as Wineberg
Reception
[edit]On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Incitement explores Yigal Amir's complex descent into becoming a radicalized assassin and delivers a taut thriller that's hard to shake."[7]
See also
[edit]- List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
[edit]- ^ "Incitement (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Incitement (2019)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Yitzhak Rabin Assassination Film Incitement Coming to Market at TIFF". Variety. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Toronto Adds The Aeronauts, Mosul, Seberg, & More To Festival Slate". Deadline. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Toronto theatre evacuated due to security threat at screening of Incitement movie at TIFF". blogTO. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ Toker, Ina (22 September 2018). "The Ophir Awards 2019: "High Days" Israeli representative to the Oscars". Ynet. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Incitement". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 20 July 2024.