Rabin, the Last Day

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Rabin, the Last Day
Le Dernier Jour d'Yitzhak Rabin poster.jpg
French release poster
Directed by Amos Gitai
Written byAmos Gitai
Marie-José Sanselme
Produced byJean-Baptiste Dupont
Cyril Colbeau-Justin
Sylvie Pialat
Francesco Di Silvio
Amos Gitai
Cinematography Eric Gautier
Edited byYuval Orr
Tahel Sofer
Isabelle Ingold
Music byAmit Poznansky
Production
companies
LGM Cinéma
Les Films du Worso
France 2 Cinéma
Orange Studio
Hamon Hafakot
Agav Films
Distributed by Le Pacte (France)
Release dates
  • 7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)(Venice)
  • 4 November 2015 (2015-11-04)(Israel)
  • 16 December 2015 (2015-12-16)(France)
Running time
153 minutes [1]
CountriesIsrael
France
LanguagesHebrew
English
Budget$4.6 million [2]

Rabin, the Last Day is a 2015 Israeli-French docudrama political thriller film [3] [4] directed by Amos Gitai. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. [5]

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Plot

The film depicts the events leading up to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995. It follows and presents the stories of various characters on Rabin's last day, from the early morning hours until the moment of his death: the security agents, the political advisors, the religious extremists, the assassin, and his victim. The film integrates archival footage, amateur recordings, news segments, and dramatized scenes.

Premise

The film depicts the events surrounding the final days and assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Cast

Reception

Rabin, the Last Day has a score of 61% on Metacritic. [6] The Playlist gave the film a grade of B+, describing it as "deeply absorbing and intelligent". [7] 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". [4] 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". [8]

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References

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