Deadly Mission

27 Minutes, 1987
Genre:
Student Film

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Directed by: Isaac Florentine
Cast: Yankale Yaakobson, Ezra Kafri, Assi Hanegbi
Production Company:Department of Film and Television, TAU
Language: Hebrew
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Director Isaac Florentine’s student graduation project from Tel Aviv University’s Department of Film and Television Studies has gone down in local film history as a trailblazing cult classic – a through and through Israeli film that set it sights on presenting itself as a bona fide genre movie focusing on thriller and suspense, at a time when most creators were either choosing to tackle ‘the bigger issues’, or devote themselves completely to popular comedies. The film is dystopian short, set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic Tel Aviv under martial law. Dror, who works as a state-sanctioned terminator has nearly reached his assassination quota, as ordered by the authorities. He now plans to emigrate but before he leaves, he is given one final job – taking out his former partner who has since switched sides and is now a criminal.

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