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Footnote (2011)
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Original name: הערת שוליים
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of a great rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors in the Talmud department of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The son has an addictive dependency on the embrace and accolades that the establishment provides, while his father is a stubborn purist with a fear and profound revulsion for what the establishment stands for, yet beneath his contempt lies a desperate thirst for some kind of recognition. The Israel Prize, Israel's most prestigious national award, is the jewel that brings these two to a final, bitter confrontation.
Style:
melancholic, meditative, surreal, captivating, tragicomedy, clever, stylized, thought provoking, independent film, existential ...
Plot:
father son relationship, greed, israeli, secrets, existentialism, parents and children, family problems, ambition, moral dilemma, estrangement, religions or cults, writers, father, judaism, self discovery, male nudity, college, moving, professor, satire, college life, bad father, academician, israeli culture, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, jerusalem, tokyo, seattle
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Israel, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Israel, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Israel
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Israel
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Israel
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel
Similarity:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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