Screening
Monument
“Monument” is an intelligent, exciting, and suspenseful movie about building a peace bridge in the Middle East,” ~ Curt Schleier, Jewish Standard
Cast: Jon Voight (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy), Joe Mazzello (Bohemian Rhapsody), Ori Pfeffer (Terrence Malick’s The Way Of The Wind, For The Love Of a Woman), Alon Aboutboul z’l”(Is That You?)
Date & Time
Location
Museum of Tolerance
9786 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035
FREE UNDERGROUND PARKING
About
The film is a historical suspense drama that focuses on past history when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the South Lebanon Army (SLA) were allied forces that operated a “Security Zone” in southern Lebanon from 1985 to 2000. The SLA, a predominantly Christian-led Lebanese proxy militia, fought alongside the IDF against Hezbollah and other militant groups, acting as a security buffer for northern Israel until their rapid collapse and the IDF’s withdrawal in May 2000. After the IDF withdrew from southern Lebanon, thousands of SLA members and their families fled to Israel for protection, where they were granted Israeli citizenship. In 1999, as the situation in southern Lebanon nears its breaking point, renowned Israeli architect Yacov Rechter (Jon Voight) is commissioned to design a monument honoring fallen soldiers of the Christian South Lebanon Army. His idealistic son, and successor, Amnon (Joe Mazzello) challenges him to build something radically different: a memorial for all victims of the war — Christian and Muslim alike. As father and son clash over loyalty, complicity, and art, the monument becomes a haunting symbol of a peace that never lasts.
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