Lior Ashkenazi is a legend in Israel, and 'Foxtrot' shows why
by Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Mar 06, 2018
4 minutes
PARK CITY, Utah - It's not like Lior Ashkenazi is the new kid on the block. Not even close.
He's as accomplished an actor as Israel has, winning multiple Ophirs, the country's Oscar - and the films in which he has starred, ranging from 2001's "Late Marriage" to 2016's "Norman," have just about defined contemporary Israeli cinema.
But even for a 48-year-old veteran who knows his way around, Ashkenazi's experience with "Foxtrot" has been so intense and out of the ordinary that "unprecedented" is a mild word to describe it.
This includes collapsing in uncontrollable tears the moment the shooting was over and coming
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