The Seven Quintessentially Israeli Movies
It’s Yom Ha’Atzmaut, and throughout the day the Scroll will highlight some of the gems Israeli culture has created in the past seventy years.
Perpetually broke, endlessly resourceful, and infinitely charming, Israeli cinema is a great microcosm of the country itself. Beginning with newsreels in the 1940s and 1950s, the fledgling industry soon began creating its own masterworks, many of which, unsurprisingly, focused on war, immigration, and the other major themes of Israeli life. Here are seven of the most essential:
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