Middle East - North Africa Film Series

Footnote (Hearat Shulayim) 2011/107 min. Directed by Joseph Cedar.

Eliezer Skolnik (Shlomo Baraba) and his son Uriel Skolnik (Lior Ashkenazi) are both bibilical scholars. The father has toiled in obscurity, whereas his son is an academic superstar. A comically unfortunate mishap is about to further fracture their already tenuous and awkward relationship. This 2011 Academy Award nominee, written and directed by Joseph Cedar, examines with a sweet and a heartfelt spirit the difficulties of academia and father-son relationships.

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