FILM FESTIVAL-VENICE/RABIN THE LAST DAY PREMIERE Rabin assassination film premiere held at Venice Festival

Record ID: 141690

  • Title: FILM FESTIVAL-VENICE/RABIN THE LAST DAY PREMIERE Rabin assassination film premiere held at Venice Festival
  • Date: 7th September 2015
  • Summary: VENICE, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 7, 2015) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SIGN FOR 72ND VENICE FILM FESTIVAL VARIOUS OF ACTRESS EINAT WEIZMAN POSING FOR PHOTOS ON THE RED CARPET VARIOUS OF ACTOR YOGEV YEFET ON THE RED CARPET, POSING FOR PHOTOS VARIOUS OF ACTORS PINI MITELMAN, MICHAEL WARSHAVIAK AND ISHAC HISKIYA ON THE RED CARPET ACTRESS YAEL ABECASSIS ON THE RED CARPET VARIOUS OF DIRECTOR AMOS GITAI ON THE RED CARPET WITH CAST VARIOUS OF GITAI ON THE RED CARPET POSING FOR PHOTOS VARIOUS OF GITAI POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH CAST MEMBERS PHOTOGRAPHER VARIOUS OF GITAI AND CAST MEMBERS ON RED CARPET FANS ALONG RED CARPET
  • Embargoed: 22nd September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAC0AJ4ZJWMDEG3XPGC9DZVQR5E
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The cast and crew of Amos Gitai's "Rabin, The Last Day" walked the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival for the In Competition movie about the murder of former Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin.
    The film, which combines dramatised depictions of real events and archive footage, explores how Rabin was murdered in November 1995 by Orthodox Jew, Yigal Amir, and the subsequent investigation into the killing.
    Rabin proved a memorable figure in Israeli politics, garnering strong support and opposition as he had signed The Oslo Accords along with the Palestinian leadership on September 13, 1993. The move was meant to result in a permanent deal within five years, providing two states for two peoples.
    This angered right-wing radicals and Gitai's film studies the strength of feeling some in Israel had against Rabin at the time of his killing.
    Gitai earlier attended a press conference for the movie and began by calling for a moment's silence to remember the mother of a Palestinian toddler killed in a July arson attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, who died on Monday of her burns. The move drew the cast, crew and many of the audience to their feet in silence.
    "Rabin, The Last Day" is competing In Competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, and Gitai will find out if he has picked up the Golden Lion on September 12.
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