Rent Foxtrot (2017)
3.2 of 5 from 165 ratings
1h 49min
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- Synopsis:
- A desolate military checkpoint is manned by four young soldiers who all try to burn away the hours of boredom that occur between cars arriving for inspection and, every now and then, a lone camel walking by. Meanwhile, at home, the parents of one of the boys are devastated by the news of his supposed sudden death, though the circumstances surrounding this take several unexpected twists.
- Actors:
- Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonaton Shiray, Shira Haas, Eden Gamliel, Dekel Adin, Yehuda Almagor, Shaul Amir, Gefen Barkai, Ran Buxenbaum, Rami Buzaglo, Eden Daniel, Yael Eisenberg, Itay Exlroad, Eden Gmliel, Ilia Grosz, Sabine Hellstorff, Danny Isserles, Irit Kaplan, Nimrod Levi
- Directors:
- Samuel Maoz
- Producers:
- Marc Baschet, Viola Fügen, Cédomir Kolar, Eitan Mansuri, Michel Merkt, Michael Weber
- Writers:
- Samuel Maoz
- Aka:
- Fokstrot
- Studio:
- Curzon / Artificial Eye
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Israel
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not released
- Run Time:
- 111 minutes
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Reviews (3) of Foxtrot
Not a comedy - Foxtrot review by SO
This film is many things, but it is not funny. Please remove the comedy classification. Why does a review need to be at least 100 characters?
4 out of 5 members found this review helpful.
Comedy? - Foxtrot review by GW
I certainly agree with the first review; this is not a comedy film (unless you have a very different idea of what is funny than is normal). To be fair, there are a few slightly amusing scenes, for example: something to do with a rolling tin and a sinking container, but then there is another scene with a rolling tin - not so funny!
I do like the classifications to give a reasonable guide to the content so, yes, please remove the comedy classification.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Timely and Sad Little Film from Israel - Foxtrot review by PV
As others have stated, this is a drama - a tragedy even - albeit with comic relief as all tragedies have. That does not make it a 'comedy' any more than the graveyard scene makes HAMLET one.
That aside, it's a slow, bitty film, with long silences, and sections in a Tel Aviv apartment with the family of a soldier at a checkpoint in the middle of nowhere, where the other scenes are filmed.
Seeing that the director/writer has made just 2 films, the other called LEBANON, it's clear this comes from lived experience.
Some odd bits, clunky attempts at allegory and symbolism with a camel and a comic, and all dragged out by a character telling a story for backstory. The humour is wry rather than laugh out loud.
The set-up is highly unlikely too.
Having said this, I did enjoy it, so 3.5 stars rounded up.
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