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Writing
Amos Oz
Born May 4, 1939
Died December 28, 2018 · aged 79
No biography available.
Known For
A Tale of Love and Darkness · 2015A Tale of Love and Darkness
★ 5.72015
MovieDrama
The story of young Amos Oz, growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his parents; his academic father, Arieh, and his dreamy, imaginative mother, Fania.
Censored Voices · 2015Censored Voices
★ 5.92015
MovieHistoryDocumentary
The 1967 'Six-Day' war ended with Israel's decisive victory; conquering Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai and the West Bank. It is a war portrayed, to this day, as a righteous undertaking - a radiant emblem of Jewish pride. One week after the war, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The recording revealed an honest look at the moment Israel turned from David to Goliath. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing the kibbutzniks to publish only a fragment of the conversations. 'Censored Voices' reveals the original recordings for the first time.
The Little Traitor · 2009The Little Traitor
★ 6.22009
MovieDrama
Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in British Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old wants nothing more than for the occupying British to get the hell out of his land.
Black Box · 1993Black Box
★ 7.51993
MovieRomanceDrama
Seven years after their divorce, Ilana breaks the bitter silence with a letter to Alex, a world-renowned authority on fanaticism, begging for help with their rebellious adolescent son, Boaz.
Based on famous Amos Oz novel.
Judas · 2022Judas
2022
MovieDrama
The story is set in Jerusalem in the winter of 1959. Shmuel Ash, a sensitive student who has dropped out of university because his father's finances have collapsed, takes a live-in job as a companion to an elderly, incapacitated man, Gershom Wald, who needs someone to argue with. Wald learns from Shmuel that he has stopped working on his thesis, which dealt with Jewish views on Jesus. The conversation between these two protagonists revolves around the humanity of Jesus. Shmuel tells Wald about his alternative theory on Judas Iscariot: he says he believes Judas was not a traitor at all but, in fact, the truest believer in Jesus's divinity. Furthermore, a relationship develops between Shmuel and Wald's daughter-in-law, Atalia Abravanel, a sensual and mysterious woman. Shmuel falls in love with her in what becomes a tender coming-of-age tale.
Histoires d'Israël · 2018Histoires d'Israël
2018
MovieDocumentaryHistory
To the Water Pits (El Borot Hamaim) · 1982To the Water Pits (El Borot Hamaim)
1982
MovieDocumentary
A onetime documentary directed by Moti Kirschenbaum who follows the history and the problems of living in the holy land. Following writer Amos Kenan and songwriter Naomi Shemer, the two discuss the meaning to live in the land of Israel.
My Michael · 1974My Michael
★ 7.51974
MovieDrama
Based on a novel by Amos Oz. A couple in Jerusalem before the six day war in 1967, fall in love, get married, have a child and drift apart. With Michael away at war, his wife starts fantasizing about twin Arabs she used to play with as a child.
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