Incitement (film)

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Incitement
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Film poster
Directed by Yaron Zilberman
Written by Ron Leshem
Yaron Zilberman
Yair Hizmi
StarringYehuda Nahari Halevi
CinematographyAmit Yasur
Edited by Shira Arad
Yonatan Weinstein
Music by Raz Mesinai
Release dates
  • 7 September 2019 (2019-09-07)(TIFF)
  • 26 September 2019 (2019-09-26)(Israel)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew
Box office$140,306 [1] [2]

Incitement (Hebrew : ימים נוראים, lit. 'Terrible Days') is a 2019 Israeli thriller film directed by Yaron Zilberman. [3] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. [4] The film was written by Ron Leshem alongside Zilberman, and Yair Hizmi. At the film's world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the screening was halted and the audience had to evacuate because of a security threat. The screening resumed when the cinema showing the film was determined to be safe. [5] It received the 2019 Ophir Award for Best Picture and was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. [6]

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Plot

A profile of Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 96% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10.The website's consensus reads: "Incitement explores Yigal Amir's complex descent into becoming a radicalized assassin and delivers a taut thriller that's hard to shake." [7]

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