directed by: Samuel Maoz, year: 2016
actors: Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonatan Shiray

Foxtrot chronicles a middle‑class Israeli couple who learn their son, a young soldier, has died. The story shifts among their tense reunion, the soldier’s unit in a stark desert, and a bizarre, ritual‑like finale that reframes grief as a political and existential performance. Through stark visuals, dark humor, and abrupt tonal shifts, Samuel Maoz examines memory, sacrifice, and the weight of national myths in the face of personal tragedy.

Anti War, Drama, War Drama, Psychological Drama, Israel, Contemporary Cinema, Military, Family