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Fog
A fascinating story of bereavement and mysticism, FOG tells of the quest to unravel the fate of a missing soldier. First Sergeant Mu’in Halabi disappeared at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War during an abortive IDF attempt to conquer Mount Hermon from the Syrians in October 1973. Two weeks later the IDF announced that Mu’in’s body had been found. A casket was buried in Mu’in’s hometown, the Druze village of Daliat el-Carmel. A month after the battle for the Hermon, a child was born in the Galilean village of Mrar. At the age of four, this child declared that he was the reincarnation of Mu’in, and, indeed, was able to relate almost everything about him. But in 1985 inhabitants of Daliat el-Carmel testified to having heard Mu’in speak on the Syrian State Radio. Veteran newsman, Rafik Halabi set out on a journey into time, memory, the Druze religion, and harsh Israeli realities in an attempt to uncover what lies behind this multi-layered story or, put more directly, whether Mu’in Halabi is alive
Festivals and Awards:
Shanghai TV Festival, China 2009 Int'l TV festival Bar Montenegro, 2008 Jerusalem Int'l Film Festival – The Wolgin Awards Competition, 2008
Director: Rafik Halabi
Producer: Yuval Cohen
Production Company: Connect 100 Productions
Cinematographer: Yuval Cohen
Editor: Yuval Cohen
Soundtrack Editor: Erez Eini, DB Music Studios
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television; The Rich Foundation and The 2nd Authority for Radio & TV
Musicians: Yair Dalal, Ofer Yair
Distributor: Ruth Diskin Films
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: ערפל
Category: Family / Identity / Israeli Society / Minorities
Tag Words: aliat el-Carmel Damascus Druze Galilee IDF Inquiry reincarnation tradition Yum Kuppur War
A fascinating story of bereavement and mysticism, FOG tells of the quest to unravel the fate of a missing soldier. First Sergeant Mu’in Halabi disappeared at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War during an abortive IDF attempt to conquer Mount Hermon from the Syrians in October 1973. Two weeks later the IDF announced that Mu’in’s body had been found. A casket was buried in Mu’in’s hometown, the Druze village of Daliat el-Carmel. A month after the battle for the Hermon, a child was born in the Galilean village of Mrar. At the age of four, this child declared that he was the reincarnation of Mu’in, and, indeed, was able to relate almost everything about him. But in 1985 inhabitants of Daliat el-Carmel testified to having heard Mu’in speak on the Syrian State Radio. Veteran newsman, Rafik Halabi set out on a journey into time, memory, the Druze religion, and harsh Israeli realities in an attempt to uncover what lies behind this multi-layered story or, put more directly, whether Mu’in Halabi is alive
Festivals and Awards:
Shanghai TV Festival, China 2009 Int'l TV festival Bar Montenegro, 2008 Jerusalem Int'l Film Festival – The Wolgin Awards Competition, 2008
Director: Rafik Halabi
Producer: Yuval Cohen
Production Company: Connect 100 Productions
Cinematographer: Yuval Cohen
Editor: Yuval Cohen
Soundtrack Editor: Erez Eini, DB Music Studios
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television; The Rich Foundation and The 2nd Authority for Radio & TV
Musicians: Yair Dalal, Ofer Yair
Distributor: Ruth Diskin Films
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: ערפל
Category: Family / Identity / Israeli Society / Minorities
Tag Words: aliat el-Carmel Damascus Druze Galilee IDF Inquiry reincarnation tradition Yum Kuppur War