Tomer Russo

An Official Selection at the Cannes, New York, and Toronto Film Festivals, Amos Gitai's "Kippur" is a gut-wrenching journey through beautiful landscapes ravaged by gunfire, exploding mines, fear and desolation. The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights.

Ana (Juliette Binoche) is reunited with her estranged Israeli stepbrother Uli when he travels to France for the death of their father. She decides to return to Israel to search for the daughter she gave up at birth some 20 years ago. Crossing frontiers by car, train and boat, Ana and Uli end up in the turmoil and emotion of the military-enforced disengagement of Israeli settlers from Gaza in 2005.