Checkpoint (2013)
Synopsis
"Machsom", the Hebrew word for "Checkpoint", tells the story of Yaniv Greenblatt, a barely 19 Israeli soldier stationed at one of the most dangerous such checkpoints along the West Bank. He would like to be a pacifist and struggles to be fair to the Palestinians, but has to contend with the prying eyes of his superiors. The problems Yaniv faces at home are no easier. His mother is a wheelchair bound hard-right-winger due to the same terrorist attack that killed her husband. The story centers on Yaniv's relationship with his younger brother, Avi, who attends one of the few mixed Jewish-Arab schools in Israel, and builds towards an incident at the checkpoint that challenges all involved to reconsider their previous resolve.
Release Date: 2013-05-30
Runtime: 24 minutes
Director: Joel Novoa
Top Cast
- Nick Greene as Yaniv Greenblatt
- Ari Frenkel as David Melamed
- Sharon Ben Tovim as Dana Hurtzler
- Alexander Kaminer as Moshe Hamish
- Dove Meir as Boaz Krantz
- Naomi Cohen as Dalit Banmaman-Vainberg
- Ayman Samman as Khalil Haddad
- Yousif Alshekh as Mohammed Haddad
- Tahor Graves as Avi Greenblatt
- Elad Ziv as Iftaj Weissman
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