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90 min - Documentary | Animation | Biography - 12 June 2008 (Israel)

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Reviews: 131 user | 210 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Ari Folman	...	Himself (voice)
	Ori Sivan	...	Himself (voice)
	Ronny Dayag	...	Himself (voice)
	Shmuel Frenkel	...	Himself (voice)
	Zahava Solomon	...	Herself (voice)
	Ron Ben-Yishai	...	Himself (voice)
	Dror Harazi	...	Himself (voice)
	Mickey Leon	...	Boaz Rein-Buskila (voice)
	Yehezkel Lazarov	...	Carmi Cna'an (voice)

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Storyline

One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images. Written by intlpress@aol.com

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Documentary | Animation | Biography | Drama | War

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some disturbing images of atrocities, strong violence, brief nudity and a scene of graphic sexual content See all certifications »

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Language:

Hebrew (English subtitles) | Arabic | German (English subtitles) | English

Release Date:

12 June 2008 (Israel) See more »

Also Known As:

Vals con Bashir See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£113,087 (UK) (23 November 2008) (54 Screens)

Gross:

$2,283,276 (USA) (10 May 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion GmbH See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

The first animated film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Ori grabs a cup on his kitchen table, his thumb goes straight through instead of clasping around it (error in animation). See more »

Quotes

Boaz Rein-Buskila: Do you ever have flashbacks from Lebanon?
Ari Folman: No. No, not really.
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Connections

References Stargate (1981) See more »

Soundtracks

"Beirut"
based on "I Bombed Korea"
Written by John McCrea
Originally performed by Cake See more »

Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Vals Im Bashir (original title)

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