PR: Amos Gitai's Carmel on DVD Sep 6

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Using both fiction and documentary techniques, Gitai links his family history to ancient history. Through exquisitely composed long takes, he re-enacts the Jewish-Roman wars that began in 66 A.D., and contrasts them to the young soldiers enlisting in Israel's army today, including his own son, making the film "a passionate expression of Mr. Gitai's anguish at living in a country in a continual state of war." (NY Times) The cycles of violence are never-ending, but so are the bonds of family. Gitai's wife Rivka reads letters from his mother, linking generations of Jews and Israelis within the warm embrace of memory.

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KINO LORBER RELEASES AMOS GITAI'S Carmel (2010) ON DVD

New York, NY - August 24, 2011 - Kino Lorber is proud to announce the DVD release of Carmel (2010), a film by acclaimed director Amos Gitai that Stephen Holden in the New York Times calls "an impressionistic family chronicle with a tender heart."



Carmel comes to DVD priced at $29.95. It is available for prebook on August 9, 2011, with a street date of September 6th.

From Israel's most important filmmaker, Carmel is Amos Gitai's (Kadosh, Kippur) deeply personal and resonant meditation on Jewish and Israeli identity.

Using both fiction and documentary techniques, Gitai links his family history to ancient history. Through exquisitely composed long takes, he re-enacts the Jewish-Roman wars that began in 66 A.D., and contrasts them to the young soldiers enlisting in Israel's army today, including his own son, making the film "a passionate expression of Mr. Gitai's anguish at living in a country in a continual state of war." (NY Times) The cycles of violence are never-ending, but so are the bonds of family. Gitai's wife Rivka reads letters from his mother, linking generations of Jews and Israelis within the warm embrace of memory.

With narration by Jeanne Moreau (Jules and Jim) and "abstractly beautiful" (NY Post) cinematography by Stefano Falivene, Gitai's "gentle touch and free associative honesty," (Box Office Magazine) has created a rich and timely document on what it means to be Jewish today.

Carmel (2010)
Director: Amos Gitai
Genre: Drama
SRP: $29.95
Prebook date: August 9, 2011
Street date: September 6, 2011

2010 * Israel/France * 95 min. * Color * Anamorphic (1.85:1) * 2.0 Stereo
In Hebrew, French and Arabic with English subtitles



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