LIOR ASHKENAZI

FOOTNOTE (2012)
Starring Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Aliza Rosen, Alma Zak, Micah Lewensohn, Nevo Kimchi, Yuval Scharf, Daniel Markovich, Tsipi Gal and Michael Koresh. Directed by Joseph Cedar.

Professors Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik, father and son, have dedicated their lives to the study of the Jewish scriptures. Eliezer is a stubborn and methodical scholar who has never been recognized for his work; Uriel is a rising star, someone admired and praised by his colleagues. The fragile balance that has kept their personal relationship almost intact is broken in an unexpected way by a simple phone call.

7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE
Starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Ben Schnetzer, Denis Ménochet, Lior Ashkenazi, Angel Bonanni, Juan Pablo Raba, Nonso Anozie and Mark Ivanir. Directed by José Padilha.

Based on the 1976 true story of four hijackers who took a plane hostage and forced it to land in Entebbe, Uganda, while they demanded the release of dozens of Palestinian terrorists. The ticking-clock thriller follows the hijackers and hostages as well as the political leaders trying to decide whether to negotiate or send an elite special forces unit on a dramatic rescue mission to free the hostages.

REVIEWS 7 Days in Entebbe - A political thriller missing a real human touch