'Oy, I'm harbouring a murderer,' the film director Avi Mograbi sings in his 2008-film Z32, a portrait of a young Israeli soldier who participated in the killing of Palestinian policemen. The film was presented at CPH:DOX, the Danish documentary festival yesterday. The festival ends tomorrow, Sunday.
Z32 refers to the actual file number of the Israeli soldier in the archives about the massacre on the Palestinians. The film is a quiet and unasuming documentary about the reflections of this young soldier, and we follow his story alongside a debate with his girl friend, where guilt and atonement is in focus. Acceptance and forgiveness. The two are digitally masked during the scenes, gradually revealing more and more of their faces as the film progresses. Avi Mograbi uses both Greek tragedy and Verfremdung effects, acting as a sort of Greek choir himself in selected scenes - as seen in for instance the opening of this blog segment. The end should not be revealed, but what can be said is that Z32 leaves the audience with food for thought.
For further information see:
http://www.cphdox.dk/d1/ft.lasso?e=1&al=Z
Z32 refers to the actual file number of the Israeli soldier in the archives about the massacre on the Palestinians. The film is a quiet and unasuming documentary about the reflections of this young soldier, and we follow his story alongside a debate with his girl friend, where guilt and atonement is in focus. Acceptance and forgiveness. The two are digitally masked during the scenes, gradually revealing more and more of their faces as the film progresses. Avi Mograbi uses both Greek tragedy and Verfremdung effects, acting as a sort of Greek choir himself in selected scenes - as seen in for instance the opening of this blog segment. The end should not be revealed, but what can be said is that Z32 leaves the audience with food for thought.
For further information see:
http://www.cphdox.dk/d1/ft.lasso?e=1&al=Z