when the ship comes in

Lebanon

As usual, any Israeli film to be successful in any foreign country has to follow the formula of “try showing Israel as a real villain” and Lebanon is no exception.

Following the steps of Vals im Bashir (2008), a tank squad enters the Lebanon war of 82, as part of a paratroopers platoon. They will enter civil urban nucleus and will treat innocent civils as shit, for we all know israeli soldiers have a secret pact with Satan and they would commit all crimes against human kind (and animal kinds as well)…

Inside the tank

…in order to fulfill this treaty and destroy anything good in planet earth (and possible other milky way planets). Under this state of things, the tank soldiers are depicted as childish, lacking confidence, doubtful and cruel.

The movie has only 3 scenarios: 1 shot of a sunflower field with and without a tank, another inside the tank where most of the movie occurs, and the village through the view of the tank gunner.

Looking for the light

BTW, most of the actors, you guessed it, have not  served in any war or were or are part of any army.