Z32
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Mograbi, Avi, director.
- Language
- Hebrew.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- Israel : Les Films d'Ici, 2008.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (81 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00003313
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- The tone of Z32 is deceptively playful, but documentary veteran Avi Mograbi broaches some serious issues. A young soldier, once a member of an elite unit of the Israeli army, was involved in a retaliatory action that killed Palestinian policemen. The man regrets what happened and wonders if he can be forgiven. In this "musical-documentary-tragedy," as Mograbi calls Z32, he alternates interviews with the soldier and his girlfriend with scenes in which Mograbi uses song to comment on his own film. “Do I give the floor to a killer?,” he wonders, accompanied by a small orchestra in his living room. Mograbi's wife doesn't like it one bit. Mograbi experiments with different ways to make the soldier and his girlfriend unrecognizable, perhaps to illustrate that he, too, is looking for answers. "Do you think I'm a murderer?" the man asks his girlfriend. She doesn't know. The anonymity Mograbi eventually gives them by means of a computer-animated mask moves the question about guilt and absolution beyond this individual case: after all, couldn't anybody be behind that mask?
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Note
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
- Library Special Collection
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 1689 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 1689 (HU_OSA_00003313.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |