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  • 2022
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2022
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 49 m

Summary A celebrated Israeli filmmaker named Y arrives in a remote desert village to present one of his films at a local library. Struggling to cope with the recent news of his mother’s terminal illness, he is pushed into a spiral of rage when the host of the screening, a government employee, asks him to sign a form placing restrictions on what ...

Directed By: Nadav Lapid

Written By: Haim Lapid, Nadav Lapid

  • 2022
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2022
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 49 m

Ahed's Knee

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
79
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary A celebrated Israeli filmmaker named Y arrives in a remote desert village to present one of his films at a local library. Struggling to cope with the recent news of his mother’s terminal illness, he is pushed into a spiral of rage when the host of the screening, a government employee, asks him to sign a form placing restrictions on what ...

Directed By: Nadav Lapid

Written By: Haim Lapid, Nadav Lapid

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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11% Mixed
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100
Mar 31, 2022
Ultimately, the edge that Navid is pushing is less to do with a rant against the Israeli government than in creating a cinematic depiction of a tortured psychological state, in both the individual and collective meanings of that word.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
88
Mar 21, 2022
Ahed's Knee is a fascinating movie that evades most complaints of not having anything to say by showcasing its characters struggling to explain free-floating anxieties that have to do with a lot of things. It's also stylish as hell.
By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 17, 2022
There’s no doubt that this is, in several senses, a personal film. But that doesn’t mean that the character is simply the author’s mouthpiece; one of the things that gives this movie its raw, unbalanced energy is the indeterminacy of the distance between them.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 11, 2021
Despite all the swagger, this is not style for style’s sake. It’s more about Lapid inventing his own language: one that’s highly personal, but also tries to expand horizons at a time when films tend to resemble TV shows more and more, especially in how they’re directed.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 11, 2021
The performances are striking and do much to keep the film on a tightrope. Overall, though, it’s a work of robust intellectual energy and raging conflict that could come across as hectoring and even bullying. While fizzing with ideas and ideologies about cultural freedom, it’s also a very physical film, with close ups of skin — knees, toes, torsos — and the dry crunch of the stony desert.
By Jason Solomons FULL REVIEW
63
May 3, 2022
It’s all entertaining enough, in a shaggy way. But if the director can’t stay focused on his own subject, how are we expected to do so?
By Pat Padua FULL REVIEW
42
Mar 18, 2022
If it sounds flamboyantly colorful to call Ahed’s Knee the cinematic equivalent of an echoing regurgitative scream, it’s also accurate. The film is a highly personal work that becomes trapped in its own feedback loop, making the same point over and over.
By Brent Simon FULL REVIEW

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Production Company ARTE, Arte France Cinéma, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Cinereach, Cinémage 14, Decia Films, Institut Français, Israel Film Council, Israel Film Fund, Kinology, Komplizen Film, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Les Films du Bal, Pie Films, The Ministry of Culture and Sports, ZDF/Arte
Release Date Mar 18, 2022
Duration 1 h 49 m
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Awards

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 7 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Seville European Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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