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Footnote

Israel

PG
2011-05-25(IL)
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Comedy
▪ 1h-42m

71^%

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Pride, envy, vanity… How far would you go for recognition?

Overview

Jerusalem, Israel. 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.

Joseph CedarDirector
Moshe EderyProducer
Einat Glaser-ZarhinEditor
Ronit Dugo-ArvivMakeup Artist
Leon EderyProducer
David MandilProducer

Top Billed Cast

Shlomo Bar-Aba

Eliezer

Lior Ashkenazi

Uriel

Aliza Rosen

Yehudit

Alma Zak

Dikla

Micah Lewensohn

Grossman

Nevo Kimchi

Fingerhut

Yuval Scharf

Noa

Daniel Markovich

Josh

Tsipi Gal

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A review by r96sk

6.0

Written by r96sk on 2025-07-21

<em>'Footnote'</em> didn't really do it for me. The slow start was hindering early on, specifically that very first scene where we just linger on Eliezer and Uriel; I get why, it just didn't work in getting me hooked. I found the characters kinda unlikeable too; by design but still. I don't need to like characters, ...

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