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Aug 6, 2023 · “The Vanishing Soldier” is a coming of age story, as breathless as its protagonist: the kind of film that will make cinephiles of seventeen-year-olds.
May 2, 2024 · Shlomi ( Ido Tako) is an 18-year-old boy drafted in the army and stationed somewhere in the middle of combat zone. When the action comes too close for him, he uses his wits to lag behind and desert from the front line. Is it a conscious decision? An anti-war statement?
Sep 29, 2023 · ‘The Vanishing Soldier’. Dir: Dani Rosenberg. Israel. 2023. 96mins. If war is hell, can you simply run away? That’s what the title character of The Vanishing Soldier hopes to find out,...
Aug 11, 2023 · With a hushed revelation of desertion to his mother (a terrific, masterful Efrat Ben Tzur), The Vanishing Soldier expands in multiple directions, bursting like a heart. Or a missile.
Apr 17, 2024 · Shlomi, an 18-year-old soldier, flees the battlefield and makes his way back to his home. When Shlomi discovers that the military elite are convinced he was kidnapped by enemy forces during the fog of war he realizes he is running out of time.
Aug 5, 2023 · The Vanishing Soldier. Young Israeli soldier gets caught in the inescapable trappings of a society defined by military belligerence - from the Official Competition of the 76th Locarno Film Festival. Director. Dani Rosenberg. Year of release. 2023. Country. Israel. Starring. Ido Tako Tikva Dayan Mika Reiss Moshe Vider. Rating. "Dirty gem"
Aug 5, 2023 · VERDICT: Potent pacing and a charismatic lead propel this absorbing Israeli film in which a young soldier deserts his post during a Gaza incursion and escapes to Tel Aviv where he keeps running.
Apr 17, 2024 · An 18-year-old solider runs away from his unit and returns to Tel Aviv, only to learn the IDF believes he has been kidnapped. Screening at the 2024 Seattle I...
Aug 5, 2023 · Risking prison, death and international controversy, we follow The Vanishing Soldier (Dani Rosenberg, 2023) over frantic 24 hours in Tel Aviv, creating both a character portrait of a rather silly man and of a unique nation constantly in a state of war.
Aug 11, 2023 · Amongst the fog of the fights on the Gaza Strip, the protagonist is firstly introduced to the audience. He’s an 18-year-old soldier who flees his own unit during an attack. Because his fellow soldiers are nearby, but his home is not far enough away for him to give up the idea of leaving.
