Ahed's Knee

Documentary | 2022 | NR. 1hr 40min
DIRECTOR: Nadav Lapid TUESDAY FILM SERIES | APR. 26, 2022 | MASKS OPTIONAL

An Israeli filmmaker in his mid-40s arrives in a remote village at the far end of the desert to present one of his films. There, he meets an officer for the Ministry of Culture and finds himself fighting for his freedoms and his mother's life.

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Reviews

What makes Ahed's Knee so powerful is the way the movie detonates before our eyes.

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture

An imaginatively directed psychodrama about a director's artistic and emotional crisis.

Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com