BEAUFORT (2007)
JOSEPH CEDAR
Plot
An autobiographical account of the last IDF unit to occupy Beaufort, an old Crusader mountain stronghold, captured, and held till 2000, during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. The morale of the men slowly sinks as their lives are at risk, and lost, protecting a position beyond the Israeli defence line, under regular missile bombardment and which they know will soon be abandoned. A 2007 Best Foreign Language Oscar nomination.