SHOSHANA

Inspired by real events, Shoshana is a political thriller set in the 1930s in Tel Aviv. Thomas Wilkin is in love with the city and with Shoshana Borochov. Wilkin works with Geoffrey Morton in the anti terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police force, chasing the charismatic poet and underground leader Avraham Stern. Stern believes Israel can only be built through violence. His two main targets are Wilkin and Morton. Shoshana, like most of Tel Aviv, is modern and progressive. But as the violence builds everyone is forced to choose which side they will fight on.

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British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (1961) has displayed a wide array of films from neo-noir thrillers and political docudramas to family melodramas and satirical comedies. He has directed three films that have been nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, seven films that have been nominated for the Golden Bear at Berlin and one that was nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice. Eighteen of his films have had their American Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival or the Sundance Film Festival. Winterbottom won the Francois Chalais Award at the Cannes Film Festival for A Mighty Heart (2007). In this World (2002) won the Golden Bear at Berlin and a BAFTA for Best Film in a Foreign Language. The Road To Guantanamo (2006) won a Silver Bear at Berlin for Best Directing. A Summer in Genova (2009) won a Silver Shell for Best Directing at San Sebastian.

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Winterbottom finally delivers his long-gestating political thriller, and it’s worth the wait.

Alissa Simon, Variety