''Ahed's Knee'' ( he, הַבֶּרֶךְ‎, translit=Habereḵ, translation=The Knee) is a 2021 internationally co-produced

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directed by

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. It was selected to compete for the

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at the

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. At Cannes, the film shared the

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with ''

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'' by

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system ...

Cast

* Avshalom Pollak as Y * Nur Fibak as Yahalom * Yoram Honig as the farmer * Yonathan Kugler as the young Y * Lidor Ederi as Narkis * Amit Shoshani as the fearful soldier * Yehonathan Vilozni as the sergeant * Naama Preis as the casting director * Ortal Solomon as Ahed 1 * Mili Eshet as Ahed 2 * Oded Menaster as Smotrich * Netta Roth as the young actor

Release

The film was selected to compete for the

at the

, it had its premiere on 7 July 2021 in the festival. It was also selected in 'Icon' section of

26th Busan International Film Festival The 26th Busan International Film Festival opened on October 6 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea with South Korean film '' Heaven: To the Land of Happiness'' by Im Sang-soo. Park So-dam and Song Joong-ki hosted the opening of the ...

and was screened in the festival in October 2021. It was invited in the Soul of Asia section at the

52nd International Film Festival of India The 52nd International Film Festival of India opened on 20 November with ''The King of All the World'' (''El Rey de Todo El Mundo'') by Carlos Saura in Goa. Like 51st edition this edition was also held in hybrid format, that combined online and ...

for screening in November.

Reception

On the review aggregator website

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, 75% of 59 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "An occasionally uneasy blend of human drama and message movie, ''Ahed's Knee'' forcefully reaffirms that the personal is political."

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, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahed's Knee 2021 films 2021 drama films Israeli drama films French drama films German drama films 2020s Hebrew-language films Films directed by Nadav Lapid 2020s French films