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      What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace

      2020 1h 25m Documentary TRAILER for What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace: Trailer 1 List
      Reviews Can a leader succeed in influencing the world? Or is he a human being like anyone else, only a grain of sand tossed to the waves of history with no ability to affect it? Tolstoy pondered this question in War and Peace. 78-year-old Ehud Barak is the controversial former prime minister, decorated and criticized commander on the battlefield, and one of the leading figures of the Zionist movement. He is also the initiator of Israel's assassination plan of Yasser Arafat. In this remarkable film, Barak observes with disillusioned clarity his own history and the history of the State of Israel. Twenty years after the failure of the 2000 Camp David summit, Barak looks back on his life and analyzes the Israeli reality with a critical eye. Respected craft-master filmmaker Ran Tal (THE MUSEUM, THE GARDEN OF EDEN, CHILDREN OF THE SUN), known for his narrative fiction style in his formalist approach to documentary cinema, delivers an outstanding philosophical essay, and proposes a deep cinematic reflection on history and decision-making, while trying to figure it all out -- "What if?" Read More Read Less

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      Beatrice Loayza New York Times This lifeless documentary plays like a cable-TV special slapped together from one long interview with Barak, then fattened up with archival footage and bottom-shelf explanatory graphics. Apr 6, 2023 Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Ran Tal's documentary, What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace, helps put Barak in a new light as he looks back at both his life and Israel's history. Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 27, 2023 Full Review Bradley Gibson Film Threat Tal’s film is engrossing and never dull. Rated: 9/10 Apr 6, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Can a leader succeed in influencing the world? Or is he a human being like anyone else, only a grain of sand tossed to the waves of history with no ability to affect it? Tolstoy pondered this question in War and Peace. 78-year-old Ehud Barak is the controversial former prime minister, decorated and criticized commander on the battlefield, and one of the leading figures of the Zionist movement. He is also the initiator of Israel's assassination plan of Yasser Arafat. In this remarkable film, Barak observes with disillusioned clarity his own history and the history of the State of Israel. Twenty years after the failure of the 2000 Camp David summit, Barak looks back on his life and analyzes the Israeli reality with a critical eye. Respected craft-master filmmaker Ran Tal (THE MUSEUM, THE GARDEN OF EDEN, CHILDREN OF THE SUN), known for his narrative fiction style in his formalist approach to documentary cinema, delivers an outstanding philosophical essay, and proposes a deep cinematic reflection on history and decision-making, while trying to figure it all out -- "What if?"
      Director
      Ran Tal
      Screenwriter
      Ran Tal
      Distributor
      Film Movement
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      Hebrew
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 7, 2023
      Runtime
      1h 25m