Last night, on Amazon Prime, I watched the Israeli movie, "FOXTROT", which is in Hebrew with English subtitles.
The movie is a tragedy within a tragedy multiplied by a tragedy.
It starts with the Feldman family being mistakenly notified by Israeli Army officers that their son, has been killed in the line of duty.
Their son is stationed at a remote Border checkpoint, code named, "FOXTROT", which is monotonous, but dangerous duty, showing the mutual resentment between Arab and Jew.
This results in a horribly tragic incident where the Israeli soldiers mistakenly machinegun a carload of innocent travelers, evidence of which is then concealed on orders of the visiting commanding general.
Because of the previous shock to the Feldmans, their son is ordered to leave his post and immediately return home on the supply truck.
Can you guess what happens next?
These soldiers are all terribly young, with no comprehension of the Holocaust aftermath or the threat of national genocide, as indicated by a bored and confused soldier questioning why are they at that location and what purpose do they serve?
The movie is a tragedy within a tragedy multiplied by a tragedy.
It starts with the Feldman family being mistakenly notified by Israeli Army officers that their son, has been killed in the line of duty.
Their son is stationed at a remote Border checkpoint, code named, "FOXTROT", which is monotonous, but dangerous duty, showing the mutual resentment between Arab and Jew.
This results in a horribly tragic incident where the Israeli soldiers mistakenly machinegun a carload of innocent travelers, evidence of which is then concealed on orders of the visiting commanding general.
Because of the previous shock to the Feldmans, their son is ordered to leave his post and immediately return home on the supply truck.
Can you guess what happens next?
These soldiers are all terribly young, with no comprehension of the Holocaust aftermath or the threat of national genocide, as indicated by a bored and confused soldier questioning why are they at that location and what purpose do they serve?