About this Event
This outstanding film, based on real events, possesses particular relevance in the context of contemporary historical realities.In 1999, as Israel’s withdrawal of southern Lebanon nears its breaking point, renowned Israeli architect Yacov Rechter is commissioned to design a monument honoring fallen soldiers of the Christian South Lebanon Army. His son and successor—the idealist Amnon—challenges him, proposing the creation of something radically different: a memorial to all victims of the war, both Christian and Muslim. As father and son clash in debates over loyalty, complicity, and art, their creative journey becomes a mirror image of the fate of a divided nation and a fractured region; and the monument itself—which stood for a mere 36 hours, thereby becoming the shortest-lived in history—transforms into a poignant symbol of a peace that never took hold.
Q&A with screenwriter Alena Alova will follow the screening
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, United States
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