Rabin, the Last Day

Rabin, the Last Day
Rabin, the Last Day
	French release poster
Directed by	Amos Gitai
Written by	Amos Gitai; Marie-José Sanselme
Produced by	Jean-Baptiste Dupont; Cyril Colbeau-Justin; Sylvie Pialat; Francesco Di Silvio; Amos Gitai
Cinematography	Eric Gautier
Edited by	Yuval Orr; Tahel Sofer; Isabelle Ingold
Music by	Amit Poznansky
Production; companies	LGM Cinéma; Les Films du Worso; France 2 Cinéma; Orange Studio; Hamon Hafakot; Agav Films
Distributed by	Le Pacte (France)
Release dates	7 September 2015 (Venice); 4 November 2015 (Israel); 16 December 2015 (France);
Running time	153 minutes
Countries	Israel; France
Languages	Hebrew; English
Budget	$4.6 million

Rabin, the Last Day is a 2015 Israeli-French docudrama political thriller film^[3]^[4] directed by Amos Gitai. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.^[5]

Premise[]

The film depicts the events surrounding the final days and assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Cast[]

as chairman
as commission member
as commission member
as commission lawyer
as Rabin's murderer
Tomer Sisley as Rabin's driver
as commission lawyer
as hospital director
as attorney general
as police spokeswoman
as psychiatrist
as police officer
as teacher
as Rabin's bodyguard
as intelligence officer
as journalist
as journalist
as soldier
as rallye driver
Yael Abecassis as interviewer
Shimon Peres as himself

Reception[]

Rabin, the Last Day has a score of 61% on Metacritic.^[6] The Playlist gave the film a grade of B+, describing it as "deeply absorbing and intelligent".^[7] The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film "benefits from fine technical work throughout, from Eric Gautier's sober cinematography to a soulful musical theme by Amit Poznansky".^[4] Jonathan Romney of Screendaily considered the film as one of Gitai's "most ambitious and compelling works yet", noting that the film's "slow, deliberate approach makes for a detached air which allows Gitai to show events with distinct clarity".^[8]