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Film Review - Shoshana

Film Review - Shoshana

Michael Winterbottom's semi-factual romantic political thriller in British Mandate Tel Aviv proves powerful, taut, and timely

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Feb 28, 2024
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Those unfamiliar with the history of how the modern state of Israel came into being could do worse as a starting point that Michael Winterbottom’s new film Shoshana. Set in British Mandate Tel Aviv between 1938 and 1948, the political turmoil of the time provides a fascinating backdrop to a quietly compelling love story…

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