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Johnny Lost His Gun (2010)

12 min  -  Short | Drama  -   May 2010 (Israel)
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A single mother has to deal with economical struggle and the loss of her son at war on the background of the Israeli - Arab conflict.

Director:

Shahar Amit

Writer:

Shahar Amit

Stars:

Iris Aviv, Gil Blumental and Ido Eytan
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Johnny Lost His Gun -- 'Johnny lost his gun' shows two stories on the background of the conflict between Israel and the Arab forces in south Lebanon in the 90's. The stories take place at the same time a morning in Israel. The first is a story of two soldiers who come to do a 'job'. Te soldiers represent the conflict within the Israeli people regarding war, especially this one; one soldier represent the left wing who think that war is useless and stupid while the other one represent the right wing and he takes the situation seriously. In this film the very intense conflict is shown in a clever way, we've put a mirror in front of the Israeli people, showing both sides, both ideas with a bit of our own. The second plot tells the story of a mother, 'Rona Burstein', who is divorced, poor; the bank wants to confiscate her home due to heavy dept. She has a rebellion and moody teen-aged girl ('Noa'), a restless little boy who keeps messing up the house ('David') and an elder child ('Johnny') who is in the army, on whom she relies to help her financially and morally, to save her (take the father role). The mother doesn't get a moment of peace, from trying to convince the bank to give an extension in payments and handling with the kids – her entire world is falling apart, all of her hopes are on Johnny which is suppose to come home that day, along with a paycheck from the army. The two stories combine at the end as we realize that the soldiers 'job' is to tell the mother that her son, her only hope and help, Johnny, died at war. That moment the mother is crushed, the banks didn't approve the extension and their future is uncertain, she's hurt her leg from some pieces of glass of a cup her son, David, broke earlier and she hears the words that every mother is afraid of, the death of her son. The film has a clear message on war and how it affects the life of the citizens, the life of the family. It asks if the price we pay for the war is worth it.
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Credited cast:
Iris Aviv Iris Aviv ...
Rona Burstein
Gil Blumental Gil Blumental ...
David
Ido Eytan Ido Eytan ...
Officer 2
Yarin Ne'Eman Yarin Ne'Eman ...
Officer 1
Roni Van-Dijk Roni Van-Dijk ...
Noa
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Shows two stories that take place at the same time on the background of the conflict between Israel and the Arabs in south Lebanon in the 90's. The first shows two soldiers who come to do a 'job' and the other shows a divorced middle-aged woman, mother of a teen-age girl, a restless boy and an elder child which is a soldier (Johnny), she's poor, and tries to manage in the chaos going on in her home, as well she relies on Johnny to rescue them. The two stories are contacted at the end as we find out that the two soldiers come to tell her that Johnny died at war. The film shows the Israeli society with a criticism on the war. Written by Anonymous  

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Short | Drama

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Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew

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Shahar Amit had won the 2011 Digital Promise Award, as well as the UNA - Chicago film festival award for best student film. See more »

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Officer 1: We're not playing god, we're here to do our job - got that?
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