The Rabbi from Hezbollah
Synopsis
Ibrahim Yassin was born in a small village in Lebanon and was destined to follow in his father’s footsteps as a farmer and shepherd, but fate had something else in store. As the course of his life turns against him, death becomes his only wish. But just when it seems as if the story’s over, a new one begins that sounds like a work of suspense fiction, placing Yassin at the heart of some of the most daring, dangerous and secret operations Israel attempted in Lebanon in the 1980s and ’90s.
Credits
Director(s)
Itamar Chen
Producer(s)
Yoav Roeh, Aurit Zamir
Script
Itamar Chen, Sharon Yaish
Cinematography
Ron Aviad
Editor
Sharon Yaish
Original Music
Ophir Leibovitch
Original Language
Hebrew
Subtitles
English, Hebrew
Produced with the help of
YES DOCU, The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, NFCT
Broadcaster
YES DOCU
Sound designer
Gil Toren, Aviv Aldema
Photo Credit
Courtesy of production, Ron Aviad
Festival Highlights
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WINNER
Audience AwardPitigliani Kolnoa Film Festival2019 -
WINNER
Audience Choice AwardJewish Public Library IJFF Montreal2020 -
WINNER
Most Viewed FilmSilicon Valley Jewish Film Festival2020
Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2020
SERET Film Festival, London, 2020
Tampa Bay Jewish Flim Festival, USA, 2020
Philadelphia Israeli Flim Festival, USA, 2020
Greater Phoenix Jewish Flim Festival, USA, 2020
Jewish Public Library IJFF Montreal, Canada, 2020
Santa Barbara Jewish Flim Festival, USA, 2020
JIFF, Australia, 2019
Pitigliani Kolnoa Film Festival, Italy, 2019
Calgary Jewish Flim Festival, Canada, 2019
Hong Kong Jewish Flim Festival, Hong Kong , 2019
DocAviv Film Festival, Israel, Official Competition, 2019
