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Synopsis: The story of a great rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors in the Talmud department of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The son has an addictive dependency on the embrace and accolades that the establishment provides, while his father is a stubborn purist with a fear and profound revulsion for what the establishment stands for, yet beneath his contempt lies a desperate thirst for some kind of recognition. The Israel Prize, Israel's most prestigious national award, is the jewel that brings these two to a final, bitter confrontation.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Joseph Cedar
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
PG
Year:
2011
107 min
$1,900,000
Website
248 Views


And which ceremony is this?

I beg your pardon?

- Please... - Thank you.

Which ceremony is taking place here?

I don't understand what's the problem.

I was inside earlier.

I didn't say there was a problem.

Just asked which ceremony this is.

Please, go inside.

What's the name of this event?

- Don't you know?

I do know.

- So why are you asking me?

Go ahead...

What did you say your name was?

Sir? - Explain to me what's the problem.

I'm already in the area,

I went through the security check

at the main enterance...

Sir, I'm just doing my job,

there's no need to become irate, Mr...

Prof. Eliezer Shkolnik.

Are you a member of the

National Academy of Sciences? - No.

So what is your relation with this event?

Is everything OK?

- Do you know him? - Of course.

Is there a problem? - No, sir.

Everything is fine. Thanks.

Are you sure?

- Yes, thank you.

Alright, sir. You can go inside.

There you go, sir.

- No.

Finish your procedure.

If you think I'm suspicious,

or that I shouldn't be here, then go ahead,

finish your procedure.

You can call one of your supervisors.

I'll wait here patiently.

Maybe you should call for backup,

just in case, or a robot...

Don't be upset, sir,

it's not something personal.

It's just that anyone who passes through the

main gate should have a blue bracelet...

and you don't have one.

So I just wanted to make sure.

I apologize if I caused you discomfort.

Go ahead...

So now you're an ideologue!

You're not talking like a researcher,

but like an ideologue.

He's studying manuscripts like a monk,

just like Boyarin.

What he's trying to do

is to extract Anthropology

out of Hermeneutics.

You totally misunderstood the artice...

All of his articles are the same...

- Historically speaking...

The entire oeuvre of Boyarin... - Historically speaking,

the Orthodox Christianity,

the entire discourse over gender and sexuality

is metaphorical,

it's not concrete.

- But what's the relation

between body techniques

and analytical practices?

It's like this new de-feminizing of the Jewish man

during the Hazal period.

Yes, but that's an anti-colonial argument.

- What're you talking about?

He's trying to de-feminize the Jewish man

during the Hazal period,

to say that this sissy man, as opposed

to the virile Roman man

with this metal helmet

and spiked leather shoes...

Actually, he says that

what the Zionist movement did

was to turn the Jewish man

from a feminine man

to a machoistic man, which

destroyed the Jewish history.

So if that's what you're saying...

Could you get a bit closer?

A little bit more, please.

And smile, please.

I can do it on my own!

Kids, do you have enough space?

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Joseph Cedar

Yossef (Joseph) Cedar (Hebrew: יוסף סידר; born August 31, 1968) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He has won a Silver Bear and an Ophir Award for Best Director, and an Ophir Award for writing a Best Screenplay. He also won the best screenplay award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for his film Footnote (2011). more…

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