Incitement (film)

Incitement (Hebrew: ימים נוראים, lit. 'Days of Awe [a Hebrew phrase used to for the High Holy Days]') is a 2019 Israeli thriller film directed by Yaron Zilberman.^[3] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.^[4] The film was written by Ron Leshem alongside Zilberman, and Yair Hizmi. At the film's world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the screening was halted and the audience had to evacuate because of a security threat. The screening resumed when the cinema showing the film was determined to be safe.^[5] It received the 2019 Ophir Award for Best Picture and was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.^[6]

Incitement
Film poster
ימים נוראים
Directed by	Yaron Zilberman
Written by	Ron Leshem Yaron Zilberman Yair Hizmi
Starring	Yehuda Nahari Halevi
Cinematography	Amit Yasur
Edited by	Shira Arad Yonatan Weinstein
Music by	Raz Mesinai
Release dates	7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) (TIFF) 26 September 2019 (2019-09-26) (Israel)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew
Box office	$140,306[1][2]

Plot

A profile of Yigal Amir in the year leading up to his assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

Cast

• Yehuda Nahari Halevi as Yigal Amir
• Amitai Yaish as Shlomo Amir
• Anat Ravnitzki as Geula Amir
• Yoav Levi as Hagai Amir
• Daniella Kertesz as Nava
• Sivan Mast as Margalit Har-Shefi
• Dolev Ohana as Dror Adani
• Omer Perelman Striks as Wineberg

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Incitement explores Yigal Amir's complex descent into becoming a radicalized assassin and delivers a taut thriller that's hard to shake."^[7]

See also

• List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film