Kidon (film) explained

Kidon
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Director:Emmanuel Naccache
Producer:Manuel Munz, Michael Sharfshtein, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery
Starring:Tomer Sisley, Lionel Abelanski, Kev Adams, Hippolyte Girardot, Bar Refaeli, Sasson Gabai
Music:Tom Sharfshtein
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Runtime:97 minutes[1]
Country:France/Israel
Language:Hebrew and French

Kidon (Hebrew: כידון) is a 2013 French-Israeli spy action comedy film about the Israeli Mossad's attempts to find out who killed Hamas senior military commander Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in 2010.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] In real life, Kidon is a secretive Mossad special operations killing unit.[11] [12]

Kidon was written and directed by Emmanuel Naccache.[2] [13] [9] [14] [15] The hotel scenes were filmed at a hotel in Eilat, Israel, standing in for the Dubai hotel where the actual killing took place.[16]

When the family of Al-Mabhouh learned that in one of the scenes his character drinks alcohol and submits to Israeli "temptress" Bar Refaeli, the family said it would sue to stop the film's distribution arguing that it hurt the Hamas commander's reputation.[17]

Cast

Accolades

Kidon was nominated for the 2013 Ophir Awards of the Israeli Film Academy for Best Actress (Reymonde Amsallem) and Best Sound (Itai Elohev and Gil Toren).[18] [19] [20] The film was also voted "Best Film Audience Choice Award" at the SERET 2014 film festival.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kidon . Film Pittsburgh .
  2. Web site: Kidon (2012). en.unifrance.org.
  3. Web site: Kidon. marsfilms.com. 2020-01-13. 2021-06-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213934/http://www.marsfilms.com/film/kidon/. dead.
  4. https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/164/222/122532/presse/kidon-presskit-french.pdf "Kidon,"
  5. Web site: Kidon. Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.
  6. Web site: Kidon. UK Jewish Film.
  7. Web site: Les secrets de tournage du film Kidon. AlloCiné .
  8. Web site: Kidon de Emmanuel Naccache - (2013) - Comédie. Télérama.
  9. Web site: They'd done it; The audience wins in this spy vs. spy caper in which Bar Rafaeli plays the role of a young student called Einav.. The Jerusalem Post. November 7, 2013.
  10. Web site: 'Kidon' sorprende... incluso al Mosad. October 31, 2013 . Sal Emergui. El Mundo.
  11. Web site: 'Kidon' to open summer Israeli film series . Jewish Herald-Voice. Aaron Howard . June 12, 2014.
  12. Web site: Meier . Cameron . Movies for the mensches: Enzian's Jewish Film Festival . Orlando Weekly . November 12, 2014.
  13. Web site: Kidon. Topia Communications.
  14. Web site: The man who turned a maybe-Mossad hit into a sabra caper; Emmanuel Naccache talks about the making of 'Kidon,' a new comic thriller featuring model Bar Refaeli. November 16, 2013. Jessica. Steinberg. The Times of Israel.
  15. Web site: Emmanuel Naccache: " Ma version fantasmée de l'assassinat de Dubaï ". May 18, 2014. Robert Sender. Actualités Juives.
  16. Web site: Mossad agent Bar Refaeli seduces Hamas man in cinematic depiction of Dubai operation . Haaretz . May 7, 2012 .
  17. Web site: Now You See Her: Bar Refaeli Poses as a Spy in Much-anticipated Israeli Film. Nirit. Anderman. October 24, 2013. Haaretz.
  18. https://embassies.gov.il/chicago/CulturalNews/News/Pages/Kidon-at-Chicago-International-Film-Festival.aspx "Kidon at Chicago International Film Festival"
  19. https://iffphila.com/movie/kidon/ "Kidon כידון"
  20. Web site: 2013 Ophir nominations announced - snubs and all. August 14, 2013. Hannah Brown. The Jerusalem Post.
  21. Web site: Emmanuel Naccache's film 'Kidon' voted 'Best Film' at the SERET 2014 festival. Adot News. July 10, 2014.

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