Ahed's Knee

Name: Ahed's Knee
Genre: Drama
Released: March 18, 2022
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Amit Elimetelech, Avshalom Pollak, Itay Dalumi, Itay Elal, Lidor Edri

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: March 18, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Amit Elimetelech, Avshalom Pollak, Itay Dalumi, Itay Elal, Lidor Edri, Michal Benkovitz Sasu, Nur Fibak, Oded Azulay, Pnina Bradt Tzedaka, Roni Boksbaum

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 heA 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 he can say at the film’s Q&A. Told over the course of one day, the film depicts Y as he battles against the loss of freedom in his country and the fear of losing his mother. … Expand

Director: Nadav Lapid

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 109 min

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Liam Lacey

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. Read full review

Justin Chang

Mar 31, 2022

Ahed’s Knee means to shatter your complacency, and also the complacency of its chosen medium. You could see this as a childish act of revolt, or you could see it as Ladiv, much like Y himself, refusing to submit to any agreed-upon parameters. He delights in coloring out of the lines, not least because he knows it will make all the right people mad. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jul 11, 2021

If “Synonyms” was a howl, Ahed’s Knee is the spittle that was still left in Lapid’s mouth when it was over. It’s a smaller and less electrifying film — as contained and implosive as its title’s reference to Éric Rohmer would suggest — but also one that cuts to the heart of Lapid’s visceral genius and cauterizes the open wound at the center of his body of work. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

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. Read full review

Jason Solomons

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. Read full review

Richard Brody

Mar 21, 2022

For all the specific accusations and denunciations that Y—and Lapid—level at Israeli politics and culture, “Ahed’s Knee” is, above all, a work of cinematopoeia: it looks and sounds and feels like what it means. Read full review

Brent Simon

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. Read full review

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May 24, 2022

'Ahed's Knee' may be disorienting, but we're talking about the declaration of a frustrated filmmaker here, so the somewhat impenetrable approach is more than understandable. By telling a story within a story about Israeli soldiers taking cyanide pills in case they're captured during battle,'Ahed's Knee' may be disorienting, but we're talking about the declaration of a frustrated filmmaker here, so the somewhat impenetrable approach is more than understandable. By telling a story within a story about Israeli soldiers taking cyanide pills in case they're captured during battle, Nadav Lapid makes a sad but precise comparison with art: being an artist in a warmongering country requires you to surrender to it; if not, then you don't deserve to live in a God-picked land. Lapid takes us into the middle of his identity conflict with his newest film: is it ok to hate everything your country represents? This is transgressive cinema at its finest.… Expand

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