Waltz with Bashir

Ari Folman20081h 30mAnimation, Documentary, War

Why we chose it

It begins when a friend’s recurring dream of being chased by a pack of dogs makes Ari Folman realise he remembers nothing of the war they both fought. His animated documentary about that lost memory won a Golden Globe and a César and was nominated for an Oscar. Nobody else has drawn war like this.

Synopsis

Late one night in a bar, Ari, a film director, listens as a friend describes a dream that comes back every night, in which a pack of twenty-six dogs hunts him down. The two men conclude it must be connected to their army service in Lebanon in the early 1980s, and that’s when Ari realises he has no memory of that war. Not a single thing.

Information

Director
Cast
Also known as: Vals im Bashir
Production year: 2008
Decade: 2000s
Duration: 1h 30m
Genre: AnimationDocumentary War
Festivals & Awards
Language: Hebrew, Arabic, German, English
Country: Israel, France, Germany, United States, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia
Subtitles: Greek, Polish
Age rating: 12+

Golden Globes

Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film

2009

Oscars

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

2009

Cannes Film Festival

Official Selection

2008

César Awards

Best Foreign Film

2009

What others say

4.5

46 reviews

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