Image of Victory

2021 [HEBREW]

Drama / History / War

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 88% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88%
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 766 766

Plot summary

1948: an Egyptian filmmaker is creating newsreel stories about a volunteer force tasked to liberate Palestinian farmers. The journey propels him towards a chance encounter with a tenacious young leader of a nearby commune that will set in motion events that will change their lives forever.

Director

Avi Nesher Photo
Avi Nesher

Top cast

Hisham Suliman Photo
Hisham Suliman as Newsreel Producer
Abdallah El Akal Photo
Abdallah El Akal as Salman
Amir Khoury Photo
Amir Khoury as Hassanin
Ala Dakka Photo
Ala Dakka as Halif
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1.17 GB
1280*532
Hebrew 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 1
1.17 GB
1280*536
Hebrew 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 2
2.39 GB
1920*798
Hebrew 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 3
2.4 GB
1920*804
Hebrew 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nivkaplanbooks 7 / 10

A piece of history

Since I know the area and some of the stories from Israel's independence war, it was interesting to see our history come to life. The storyline is good and so are the actors but some of the scenes, specifically some of the battle scenes, seem amateurish, but maybe it's because that's how untrained soldiers and new immigrants fought at the time. Trying to bring the story from both sides of the conflict is interesting, humanizing the other side. Worth watching!
Reviewed by billsoccer 6 / 10

I hate to say it, but closer to propaganda than a documentary

I almost never watch foreign language films but was enticed by the appeal to actual events, and I actually enjoyed those aspects of the film. The acting was fairly good and the humorous parts were plausible. What I disliked was the portrayal of the Egyptian film Director. It's hard for me to digest a dyed-in-the-wool antagonist being 'haunted' by the woman's smile. The film reminded me of the pro-war films during the post-WW2 and Vietnam eras: "We" are good and 'the Other' is evil/incompetent'.This film happened to be well done, with some human interest threads.
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