Iran, Lebanon resort to movie for revenge on Israel

Published time: June 01, 2012 15:26
Edited time: June 01, 2012 19:26
Image from 33daysmovie.com

A movie titled after the duration of the Second Lebanon War, 33 Days, has become a hit in the country - but is unlikely to receive many screenings in Israel or the West.

­The film depicts the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, and promotes the group’s anti-Israeli struggle.

The film's director, the crew, and a large portion of the funding reportedly hail from Iran. 

Iran's quasi-governmental Farabi production company provided more than half of the film's $4 million budget, Ali Bouzeid, chairman of the film's Lebanese production company, told The Associated Press. Although the war drama touches on Iranian influence in Lebanon, he denied that the film is political.  

The main character in 33 Days is an Israeli army colonel portrayed as an unmistakable villain wearing a cowboy hat and smoking cigars. He orders his troops to shell Lebanese villages, whose residents team up to repel the aggression. Hezbollah forces are featured in the film as freedom fighters.

33 Days has become the talk of the town in Lebanon ever since its long-awaited release in late April. It is soon to be released in Egypt and Turkey.

Back in 2006, eight Israeli soldiers were killed and two captured by the Lebanese group Hezbollah. This prompted Israel and Hezbollah to clash in a 33-day conflict during which the group fired a hail of rockets into Israel, while Israelis bombed Lebanese towns and villages. Israel accused Iran of arming Hezbollah.

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Rafis (unregistered) 26.06.2012 13:14

Truth (unregistered) wrote in #1 When will Lebanon and Palestine understand that they cannot win WAR against Isreal. The only way they stand to gain anything at all is by NON VOILENCE. Give up arms and take path of Non Voilence. the whole world will support you. If you don't you will just die like pigs at the hands of Isreal. Non violence? the all world support? really?What prevents Israel from entering Lebanon right now? Hizb and the mantility of the civilians, they would fight t'll their dying breath protecting their country, Lebanese are raised hating Israel and loving their country.the all world support? there is nothing like that, every country aims for what  benefits them,  trying to control Lebanon trying to get whatever little Lebanon have, influencing politic ally and manipulating, also Israel bombed United Nation compound wh ich held civilians before "1996 shelling of Qana"  and what happened?, Non violence? Its a great ideology, but have a great jeopardy with it. Don't get me wrong, i do not support the 33 days war, but i sympathies more with Lebanon and Palestine then with Israel

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Rafis (unregistered) 26.06.2012 12:41

Hahahahahaaaa no wonder this is the first time i heard of RT.so based on what your saying USA made Pearl Harbor movie to take revenge on JAPAN, WWI and WWII movies are also revenge on Germany.  This is the most idiotic article based on superstitions the author is making.  I watched the movie, and it portrayed some true events that happened in the war, like civilian casualties , their thoughts and feelings during the war...

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thenewguy (unregistered) 05.06.2012 14:14

Benjamin Franklin Prophecy  - 1789  "I fully agree with General Washington, that we must protect this young nation from an insidious influence and impenetration. The menace, gentlemen, is the Jews. In whatever country Jews have settled in any great numbers, they have lowered its moral tone; depreciated its commercial integrity; have segregated themselves and have not been assimilated; have sneered at and tried to undermine the Christian religion upon which that nation is founded by objecting to its restrictions; have built up a state within a state; and when opposed have tried to strangle that country to death financially, as in the case of Spain and Portugal.""For over 1700 years the Jews have been bewailing their sad fate in that they have been exiled from their homeland, they call Palestine. But, Gentlemen, should the world today give it to them in fee simple, they would at once find some cogent reason for not returning. Why? Because they are vampires, and vampires do not live on vampires. They cannot live only among themselves. They must subsist on Christians and other people not of their race. If you do not exclude them from these United States, in this Constitution in less than 200 years they will have swarmed in such great numbers that they will dominate and devour the land, and change our form of government, for which we Americans have shed our blood, given our lives, our substance and jeopardized our liberty.""If you do not exclude them, in less than 200 years our descendants will be working in the fields to furnish them sustenance, while they will be in the counting houses rubbing their hands. I warn you, Gentlemen, if you do not exclude the Jews for all time, your children will curse you in your graves. Jews, Gentlemen, are Asiatics; let them be born where they will, or how many generations they are away from Asia, they will never be otherwise. Their ideas do not conform to an American's, and will not even though they live among us ten generations. A leopard cannot change its spots. Jews are Asiatics, they are a menace to this country if permitted entrance and should be excluded by this Constitution."Benjam in Franklin - 1789

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