''Rabin, the Last Day'' is a 2015 Israeli-French
docudrama
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Docudramas typic ...
political thriller film
directed by
Amos Gitai. It was selected to compete for the
Golden Lion
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at the
72nd Venice International Film Festival.
Premise
The film depicts the events surrounding the final days and
assassination
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of Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin.
Cast
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Yitzhak Hiskiya as chairman
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Pini Mittelman as commission member
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Michael Warshaviak as commission member
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Einat Weizman as commission lawyer
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Yogev Yefet as Rabin's murderer
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Tomer Sisley as Rabin's driver
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Rotem Keinan
Rotem is a biblical desert shrub, and it may refer to:
People
* David Rotem, Israeli politician
* J. R. Rotem, American record producer
* Simcha Rotem, one of the heads of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
* Yuval Rotem, Israeli diplomat
* Rotem Erlich ...
as commission lawyer
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Tomer Russo as hospital director
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Uri Gottlieb as attorney general
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Ruti Asarsai Ruti may refer to:
As a given name
* Ruti Olajugbagbe, winner of series seven of ''The Voice UK''
* Ruti Sela, Israeli video artist
* Ruti Zisser, Israeli American lifestyle designer, fashion designer, wardrobe stylist, and businesswoman
As a sur ...
as police spokeswoman
*
Dalia Shimko
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People
* Dalia (given name), a given name and listing of people with the name
* Dalia (Egyptian singer), of album ''Bahebak enta'' 1998
* Badrunnesa Dalia, Bengali singer known as Dalia
Places
* Dalia (oil field), an offshor ...
as psychiatrist
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Gdalya Besser as police officer
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Odelia More as teacher
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Eldad Prywes Eldad ( he, אֶלְדָּד) may refer to:
* Eldad and Medad, two Biblical figures mentioned in the Book of Numbers
* Kfar Eldad, an Israeli Communal settlement in the Gush Etzion Regional Council
* Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad F.C., an Israeli fo ...
as Rabin's bodyguard
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Shalom Shmuelov
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as intelligence officer
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Mali Levi
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as journalist
*
Stephen D. Root as journalist
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Liron Levo {{Given name
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People Given name
*Liron Basis (born 1974), Israeli football player
* Lir ...
as soldier
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Yona Rosenkier
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as rallye driver
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Yael Abecassis
Yael Abecassis ( he, יעל אבקסיס; born 19 July 1967) is an Israeli actress and model.
Biography
Yael Abecassis was born in Ashkelon, Israel, to parents of Moroccan Jewish descent. Abecassis married Israeli actor Lior Miller in 1996 an ...
as interviewer
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Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres (; he, שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of ...
as himself
Reception
''Rabin, the Last Day'' has a score of 61% on
Metacritic.
''
The Playlist'' gave the film a grade of B+, describing it as "deeply absorbing and intelligent". ''
The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote that the film "benefits from fine technical work throughout, from Eric Gautier's sober cinematography to a soulful musical theme by Amit Poznansky".
Jonathan Romney of ''
Screendaily'' considered the film as one of Gitai's "most ambitious and compelling works yet", noting that the film's "slow, deliberate approach makes for a detached air which allows Gitai to show events with distinct clarity".
References
External links
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''Reviews''
* A. O. Scott. (January 28, 2016
Review: Amos Gitai’s ‘Rabin, the Last Day’ Looks Back in Anguish New York Times.
* J. Hoberman (January 26, 2016)
‘Rabin, The Last Day’ makes Oliver Stone's ‘JFK’ look stone-cold sober Tablet
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Medicine
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Computing
* Tablet computer, a mobile computer that is primarily operated by touching the s ...
* Brandon Judell (January 2, 2016)
Amos Gitai: With Rabin, The Last Day , Israel’s Godard Takes on Netanyahu, Extremist Rabbis, and an Artist’s Duty HuffPost.
* Jill Lawless (8 September 2015)
Venice entry ‘Rabin, The Last Day’ probes an Israeli trauma Times of Israel.
*
Thomas L. Friedman
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(September 23, 2015).
Politicians Seeing Evil, Hearing Evil, Speaking Evil New York Times.
2015 films
2015 thriller drama films
Israeli thriller drama films
Yitzhak Rabin
Films directed by Amos Gitai
2010s political thriller films
Films about politicians
French thriller drama films
2010s Hebrew-language films
2010s English-language films
2015 drama films
2015 multilingual films
Israeli multilingual films
French multilingual films
2010s French films
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