Synopsis
In June of 1967 the armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria massed on Israel’s borders and threatened its destruction. Israel launched a pre-emptive strike and achieved a stunning and decisive victory nearly tripling its size with the occupation of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. The nation brimmed with relief, joy and pride, while a new national narrative of manifest destiny emerged. But drowned out by the euphoria, other voices -many of those who fought the war–had something different to say. One week after the conflict, Amos Oz and editor Avraham Shapira arranged to record conversations with returning soldiers about their experiences. In these intensely candid interviews they reveal their fears, their feelings about the enemy and their doubts about the treatment of Arab prisoners of war and the forced evacuations of Palestinian villages. The tapes capture these young men wrestling with the question of the responsibility of the conqueror to the conquered (even when the shoe could easily have been on the other foot), the paradox of a people who fled oppression who must now oppress to preserve their security and their still fervent hope for a lasting peace with their Arab neighbors. The Israeli Defense Force partially censored the recordings at the time but transcripts were turned into the book “The Seventh Day: Soldiers’ Talk About the Six-Day War” in 1970. Now these newly available recordings form the core of this probing film as we see the former soldiers, now men in their seventies, listening to their younger selves. The recordings are juxtaposed with rare newsreel footage and photography of the conflict combined with an evocative sound design that allows a unique opportunity to re-experience a war that changed the face of a region still locked in a deadly impasse.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $6,153 (14.9% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 4.65 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 97.1% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $450,000 (worldwide box office is 0.1 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 2 opening theaters/6 max. theaters, 2.8 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $52,326 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 14,401-14,500) | 14,470 | $41,260 |
| All Time International Box Office (Rank 29,801-29,900) | 29,813 | $1,243 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 28,401-28,500) | 28,457 | $42,503 |
| All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 6,001-6,100) | 6,008 | $41,260 |
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | November 20th, 2015 (Limited) by Music Box Films, released as Censored Voices |
| International Releases: | October 15th, 2015 (Limited), released as Censored Voices (United Kingdom) |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 87 minutes |
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| Keywords: | Israeli Palestinian Conflict, War |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | One Man Show, Know Productions, Music Box Films, Made in Germany Filmproduktion, Impact Partners |
| Production Countries: | Germany, Israel |
| Languages: | Hebrew |