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In the weeks unfolding after Liat is kidnapped, her father resists efforts to use her captivity to justify escalating violence in Gaza, exposing political and emotional rifts within his family as they struggle to find a way to bring her home.
CREDITS
Directed by Brandon Kramer
Produced by Lance Kramer
Produced by Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Justin A. Gonçalves, Yoni Brook
Edited by Jeff Gilbert
Co-Producer Hilla Medalia
Original Music by Jordan Dykstra
Archival Producer Sydney Trattner
Post Producer James Doolittle
Associate Editor Alex Ostroff
Produced by Protozoa and Meridian Hill Pictures
in association with Kartemquin Films
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SELECTED REVIEWS
“Emotionally rich, politically thought-provoking… intimate, empathetic… This timely film should find receptive audiences everywhere, and help bring nuance and understanding to a continuing crisis. This profoundly revealing documentary is structured and edited in such a way as to emphasise narrative clarity and the emotional content of its family portraiture.”
Jonathan Romney - Screen International (UK)
“Politically potent and emotionally gripping… a lucid portrait… Brandon Kramer does an impressive job revealing the personal and geopolitical aspects of a heartbreaking true story…Kramer’s movie certainly merits attention."
Jordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter (US)
“Moving… it shows the possibility of remaining human.”
Robert Ide - Die Tagesspiegel (Germany)
“Compelling - cast a very illuminating light on the last year and what it means.”
Jonathan Romney - Screen International (UK)
“A successful cinematic examination of the events of October 7.”
Andreas Fanizadeh - Die Tageszeitung (Germany)
“The film... writes itself into history.”
Marlene Knobloch - Die Zeit (Germany)
“Kramer's film succeeds where other documentaries made after October 7th have been less successful — it walks the fine line between very complex psychological and political positions… Its human statement is almost incomprehensible in its nobility but also in its simplicity…”
Shani Litman - Haaretz (Israel)
“[A] powerful and moving film… Intimate and unobtrusive style.”
Shmulik Duvdevani - YNet (Israel)
“Thrilling… condenses the anguish of waiting.”
Rodrigo Fonseca - Correio da Manhã (Brazil)
“A very nuanced work…”
Olivier Thibodeau - Panorama-Cinéma (Canada)
“Holding Liat demonstrates good taste and… shows us that [Kramer] is not here to conduct a sensationalist investigation or reconstruct facts… A film with a very accessible style, which even has its touches of humor.”
Gregory Coutaut - Le Polyester (France)
“Well-made… gripping.”
Aleksander Huser - Rushprint (Norway)