The film is a historical tragedy set during the opening stages of Israel's 1948 War of Independence. The film follows the fate of a group of refugees from the Holocaust who are illegally brought to Israel by the Palmach. When they arrive, they are chased by British soldiers. Once they escape, they are immediately drafted into the war, and take part in a grueling battle against Arab irregulars. The film centers on two long monologues, one by an Arab peasant who pledges to oppose the Jews forever; and one by an emotionally demolished refugee who laments the seemingly endless suffering of his people. Gitai intended the film to be a more realistic answer to the romanticized depiction of the war in Otto Preminger's Exodus. The final shot of Kedma is identical to the final shot of Preminger's film.
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^"Festival de Cannes: Kedma". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
kedma, film, other, uses, kedma, disambiguation, kedma, 2002, israeli, film, directed, amos, gitai, starring, andrei, kashkar, helena, yaralova, entered, into, 2002, cannes, film, festival, kedmadirected, byamos, gitaiwritten, bymordechai, goldhechtamos, gitai. For other uses see Kedma disambiguation Kedma is a 2002 Israeli film directed by Amos Gitai and starring Andrei Kashkar and Helena Yaralova It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival 1 KedmaDirected byAmos GitaiWritten byMordechai GoldhechtAmos GitaiProduced byMarin KarmitzAmos GitaiStarringAndrei KashkarHelena YaralovaYussuf Abu WardaMoni MoshonovJuliano Mer KhamisCinematographyGiorgos ArvanitisEdited byKobi NetanelMusic byDavid DarlingManfred EicherDistributed byCelluloid DreamsRelease dateMay 22 2002Running time100 minutesCountryIsraelLanguagesHebrewArabicFrenchGermanPolishRussianYiddishPlot EditThe film is a historical tragedy set during the opening stages of Israel s 1948 War of Independence The film follows the fate of a group of refugees from the Holocaust who are illegally brought to Israel by the Palmach When they arrive they are chased by British soldiers Once they escape they are immediately drafted into the war and take part in a grueling battle against Arab irregulars The film centers on two long monologues one by an Arab peasant who pledges to oppose the Jews forever and one by an emotionally demolished refugee who laments the seemingly endless suffering of his people Gitai intended the film to be a more realistic answer to the romanticized depiction of the war in Otto Preminger s Exodus The final shot of Kedma is identical to the final shot of Preminger s film References Edit Festival de Cannes Kedma festival cannes com Retrieved 2009 10 24 External links EditKedma at IMDb Kedma s review from The Jewish Channel Stephen Holden February 7 2003 Film Review War Weary Immigrants Facing Another War New York Times This article related to an Israeli film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kedma film amp oldid 1094808514, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
