Beaufort (Hebrew: בופור‎) is a 2007 Israeli film directed by Joseph Cedar, based on Ron Leshem's book Im Yesh Gan Eden (If Heaven Exists).
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Story

The story takes place in the year 2000, the year of the IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon. The setting for the film is a 12th century Crusader stronghold in southern Lebanon, just prior to Israel's withdrawal from that country in 2000. Israel's sudden withdrawal from Beaufort and Lebanon after 18 years of occupation is the backdrop for Cedar's film, which outlines the daily routine of a group of soldiers, their feelings and their fears, and explores their moral dilemmas in the days preceding the withdrawal.

The movie's director, himself an IDF veteran who was stationed in Lebanon, uses the stone walls of Beaufort castle as a symbol of the futility and endlessness of war. The film was shot in northern Israel in the spring of 2006. Ironically, filming was completed in June, just a month before the second war in Lebanon broke out.

Awards

Berlin International Film Festival - Best Director (Joseph Cedar) One of the A festivals in Europe. ...

Box Office

The movie made more than $500,000 in the first 3 weeks of its release in the Israeli market, a substantial amount for a domestic Israeli film. Since its release, it was viewed by over 300,000 viewers in Israel.

Controversy

The casting has raised serious public criticism in Israel, especially from families of slain soldiers and war veterans, given the fact that three of the leading roles were played by Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, and Itay Turgeman, who are all actors who dodged the draft that exists in Israel.[1], [2], [3], [4]. Oshri Cohen is an Israeli actor. ... A draft dodger, or draft evader, is a person who avoids (dodges) the conscription policies of the nation in which he or she is a citizen or resident, by leaving the country or going into hiding. ...

External links

• * Beaufort(movie) Official website