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Israeli film wins top prize at Venice

September 14, 2009 12:52
Director Samuel Moaz

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

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An Israeli film, set inside a tank during the 1982 Lebanon war, has won the top honour at the Venice film festival.

The Golden Lion for best film went to Lebanon, directed by Samuel Moaz, which is based on the director’s own traumatic experiences in the army when he was a gunner.

It is the highest honour an Israeli film has ever received.

It took Mr Moaz more than 25 years to commit his traumatic experiences to writing, because he was physically sick every time he remembered his war years.