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The Rabbi from Hezbollah

The Rabbi from Hezbollah

Ibrahim Yassin was born in a small village in Lebanon and was destined to follow in his father’s footsteps as a farmer and shepherd, but fate had something else in store. As the course of his life turns against him, death becomes his only wish. But just when it seems as if the story’s over, a new one begins that sounds like a work of suspense fiction, placing Yassin at the heart of some of the most daring, dangerous and secret operations Israel attempted in Lebanon in the 1980s and ’90s. When once again the earth trembles beneath his feet, he is forced to start all over again.
The film sketches an intimate portrait of a man who through tribulations, coincidence and choice became one of Israel’s leading spies.

Festivals and Awards:

Docaviv International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2019

Director: Itamar Chen

Producer: Yoav Roeh, Aurit Zamir

Production Company: Gum Films

Cinematographer: Ran Aviad

Editor: Sharon Yaish

Soundtrack Editor: Gil Toren, Aviv Aldema

Original Soundtrack: Ophir Leibovitch

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Yes Docu, Israel Cinema Project

Script: Itamar Chen, Sharon Yaish

Distributor: Gum Films

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: האברך מחיזבאללה

Ibrahim Yassin was born in a small village in Lebanon and was destined to follow in his father’s footsteps as a farmer and shepherd, but fate had something else in store. As the course of his life turns against him, death becomes his only wish. But just when it seems as if the story’s over, a new one begins that sounds like a work of suspense fiction, placing Yassin at the heart of some of the most daring, dangerous and secret operations Israel attempted in Lebanon in the 1980s and ’90s. When once again the earth trembles beneath his feet, he is forced to start all over again.
The film sketches an intimate portrait of a man who through tribulations, coincidence and choice became one of Israel’s leading spies.

Festivals and Awards:

Docaviv International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2019

 
The Rabbi from Hezbollah

Director: Itamar Chen

Producer: Yoav Roeh, Aurit Zamir

Production Company: Gum Films

Cinematographer: Ran Aviad

Editor: Sharon Yaish

Soundtrack Editor: Gil Toren, Aviv Aldema

Original Soundtrack: Ophir Leibovitch

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Yes Docu, Israel Cinema Project

Script: Itamar Chen, Sharon Yaish

Distributor: Gum Films

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: האברך מחיזבאללה

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