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BETHLEHEM
Bethlehem | בית לחם | Beit-Lehem
Synopsis
Bethlehem portrays the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas.
Synopsis
Bethlehem portrays the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas.
Our take
Diving into a tangled moral quagmire, Bethlehem is a work of political nuance and clockwork suspense, all the more admirable for approaching its subject with a lack of easy answers. A prizewinner at the 2013 Venice Film Festival and Israel’s selection for the Academy Awards®!