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Synopsis: The story of a great rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors in the Talmud department of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The son has an addictive dependency on the embrace and accolades that the establishment provides, while his father is a stubborn purist with a fear and profound revulsion for what the establishment stands for, yet beneath his contempt lies a desperate thirst for some kind of recognition. The Israel Prize, Israel's most prestigious national award, is the jewel that brings these two to a final, bitter confrontation.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Joseph Cedar
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
PG
Year:
2011
107 min
$1,900,000
Website
275 Views


We don't need that. And about his

relationship with his son... - Excuse me!

Prof. Uriel... Yes, sorry.

- Introduction to the scientific publication,

not a scientific publication.

- Did you hear him, Yoav?

Add "introduction".

Say something.

What should I say?

- Count to ten.

Take it off...

To which he dedicated his life.

One,

two...

three...

Go on.

- Four. - Louder. - Four.

Louder, please.

- Four.

We can't hear him.

- Five.

Tell him to sit up straight. He looks

like an old man. - Sit up.

Sit up straight.

Prof. Shkolnik!

Where are you going? Wait...

Prof. Shkolnik...

"Fortresses"

"The jury's reasons"

"The fortress of Prof. ..."

"The fortress of Prof. Shkolnik"

"Fortress (n.):
stronghold, a strong and fortified building

constructed for protection... "

"Shelter:
"

"Protecting"

"Uriel Shkolnik,

Of Identity and Memory"

"The fortress of Prof. Urbach..."

"The fortress of Prof. ..."

"Shmuel's court in Naharda?

By Uriel Shkolnik"

"The fortress of..."

Thank you, father,

for this insight,

for being a role model,

for the way of life you instilled in our house,

for the cultural fortress you built around us.

- "Cultural fortress"

"Prof. Yehuda Grossman, Chairman"

But my father insisted

and made me to write "teacher"

He also demanded to see the form,

as one would expect from a manuscripts expert.

To make sure I did not make a mistake,

or left a blank space to add something

after he went away.

"Search:
Yehuda Grossman + Fortress"

"No results were found"

Prof. Shkolnik?

You'll probably want to tell your family.

An official letter was sent today,

and will probably arrive tomorrow.

The person in charge of the prize

will contact you, and will assist you.

And we'll meet on the 19th, in

a conference, before the ceremony.

"Conferences"

"19.3.2010, Prof. Uriel Shkolnik ..."

- And once again, congratulations from all of us.

Thank you very much.

Hello. Prof. Shkolnik? - Hello.

I assume you know

why I'm calling. - No.

I'm very glad to tell you

that it was decided

to give you the Israel Prize

this year. Congratulations!

Prof. Shkolnik? - Yes.

I'm very glad that you receive

this prize during my term.

You don't get many opportunities

to publicly thank people like yourself.

I'm very excited for you and

am proud of your achievements.

Your research and

your educational activity...

If we really have to define our profession,

accurately describe the nature

of what we do,

the "essence" of this vast entity...

- Chaffed wheat -

that takes over our professional lives...

- An important breakthrough -

and our personal lives...

We are teachers.

I am not a teacher!

I'm a philologist!

I'm a phi-lo-lo-gist!

"Laid a fortress in front of him: (idiom.)

Set him up"

"to entrap me..."

"...hunted animals...

And this is how the State

thanks you.

"... a trap ..."

Hello, Prof. Shkolnik,

you're requested to come

to the general rehearsal, please.

Each year there's at least one

winner of the Israel Prize

who gets confused on this stage.

It looks simple, but it's not.

That's why I'm doing a rehearsal

with each one of you.

Listen carefully, and despite your excitement,

it's very important to notice the details.

We don't want to see you fall down

or stumble on a cable.

It has happened before.

I'll explain it, and eventually,

you'll know what to do.

Prof. Shkolnik, let's try

to do a rehearsal.

Prof. Shkolnik!

You're the winner

of the Talmud prize.

Stand up, please.

Stand up...

Your name will be called.

On your feet, yes.

You stand up like this, until the judges

finish reading their reasonings.

Start walking to the left.

Left, left. OK.

You go left, in that direction.

Do you see it?

Do you see the President?

Hold my hand.

We're going toward the President.

We arrive to him.

You shake his hand.

The other hand.

Shake his hand...

- The President of the State of Israel -

Use your right hand. Shake...

Shake his hand.

Good, you did it.

- The Prime-Minister -

We go to the Prime-Minister.

You receive a diploma from him.

Receive the diploma from the

Prime-Minister. Good, you got it.

Give it to the stewardess,

on your right. Give it to her. Good.

Now shake the Prime-Minister's hand...

Shake his hand, and we go to shake

the Chairman of the Knesset's hand.

The chairman of the Knesset.

Shake his hand, please...

Shake, shake...

Shake his hand...

Good evening and a happy holiday

to the viewers at home, and to the audience,

here at the International Congress

Centre in Jerusalem

which is celebrating its 60th year.

Welcome to the Israel Prize

Ceremony of this year.

Good evening to

Danni Kushmaro.

And good evening to you too,

Mirav Miller,

and good evening to the winners

of the Israel Prize.

Like every year we gather in our capital city,

Jerusalem, on Independence Day

to hand out the Israel Prize awards.

Ladies and gentleman,

the national anthem, "HaTikva".

for KG

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Joseph Cedar

Yossef (Joseph) Cedar (Hebrew: יוסף סידר; born August 31, 1968) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He has won a Silver Bear and an Ophir Award for Best Director, and an Ophir Award for writing a Best Screenplay. He also won the best screenplay award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for his film Footnote (2011). more…

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