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Rabin, the Last Day

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Israel, France · 2015
2h 33m
Director Amos Gitai
Starring Einat Weizman, Ischac Hiskiya, Pini Mitelman, Shimon Peres
Genre Documentary, Drama, Thriller

This historical docudrama depicts the final days leading up to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination in 1995. It explores how the death of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician, a leader in the signing of the Oslo Accords, by a right-wing extremist impacted prospects for peace in the region.

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Village Voice by Diana Clarke

By glamorizing struggle and ideology across the Israeli-Jewish political spectrum, it once more invites identification with only half of those locked in the conflict Rabin was trying to solve.

83

The Playlist by Jessica Kiang

Gitai rightly trusts in the fascination of material that needs no sensationalism or gimmickry to command our whole attention.

80

Screen International by Jonathan Romney

Some intricately choreographed long takes - Eric Gautier’s photography is superb throughout - enhance a project which is both vivid in its evocation of the recent past, and razor-sharp in the light it sheds on the way that religious and nationalistic fanaticism continue to exert a dangerous sway.

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The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo

The movie is almost literally a trial to watch, demonstrating all the passion and excitement of an unedited C-SPAN broadcast.

60

Variety by Peter Debruge

In keeping with Gitai’s typically austere oeuvre, it’s a long, slow and sober piece — one could even call it a documentary, despite the fact that actors have been hired to perform deposition scenes derived directly from Shamgar transcripts.

60

The Telegraph by Robbie Collin

It’s a chewy watch, heavy on the socio-political carbs, and its method can be a little exhausting. But its determination to do right by its subject – and Gitai’s own country too – is soberly compelling.

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