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The Vanishing Soldier

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Shlomi, an 18-year-old Israeli soldier, flees the Gaza battlefield and heads to his girlfriend in Tel Aviv only to discover that the IDF elite is convinced he was kidnapped in the fog of war. This is a tragic-comic journey, taking place over a period of 24 hours on the hot and humid streets of Tel Aviv, shifting from terror to hope, from romance to nightmare.

Critics Reviews

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Tim Grierson Screen International 09/29/2023
A tonally nuanced and emotionally complicated tale. Go to Full Review Alejandro Lingenti La Nación (Argentina) 01/31/2025
3/5
...without the need for harangues or underlining, [Dani Rosenberg] brings us closer to a reality that almost always seems very much like a dark fantasy. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Pablo O. Scholz Clarín 01/17/2025
...a kind of hybrid: it has a lot of drama, but also some comedy steps. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com 01/14/2025
3.5/5
...there is a feeling of a coming of age story, of a film about identity and the rites of passage from a more innocent adolescence to an adulthood that is presented as both cautionary and poignant. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Lisa Nesselson France24 05/07/2024
The film is very deft... It shows how one private poor decision can take a life of its own, and how the media and the military don't always get things right. Go to Full Review Jay Weissberg The Film Verdict 08/09/2023
the film boasts of a number of superb scenes and is extremely well cast, most especially young Ido Tako Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Dani Rosenberg

Director

Ido Tako

Shlomi

Mika Reiss

Shiri

Efrat-ben Tzur

Shlomi's Mother

Tikva Dayan

Shlomi's Grandmother

Shmulik Cohen

Shlomi's Father
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The Vanishing Soldier

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Movie Info

Synopsis Shlomi, an 18-year-old Israeli soldier, flees the Gaza battlefield and heads to his girlfriend in Tel Aviv only to discover that the IDF elite is convinced he was kidnapped in the fog of war. This is a tragic-comic journey, taking place over a period of 24 hours on the hot and humid streets of Tel Aviv, shifting from terror to hope, from romance to nightmare.
Director
Dani Rosenberg
Producer
Avraham Pirchi, Chilik Michaeli, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Itamar Pirchi
Screenwriter
Dani Rosenberg, Amir Kliger
Production Co
UCM Films
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, War
Original Language
Hebrew
Runtime
1h 38m
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