L.A.-based director Guy Nattiv is back in his nativeIsraelwith new filmGoldastarringHelen Mirrenas Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
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Ive been waiting for this moment, Nattiv tells Deadline in Jerusalem.
The director believes the film will chime with current debates in Israel on both its past and future.
Guy Nattiv, protest in Jerusalem, Israel & Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in ‘Golda’Getty Images/Everett
It has another layer that I think non-Israelis dont get.
A lot of veterans are watching this film.
They have so many scars.
It brings them back to 73, says Nattiv.
This is the Yom Kippur War for the democracy of our country.
What Im showing is the defeat of Israel, its downfall.
I call it the Requiem of Golda.
Its not glorifying anything about the Israeli narrative.
This is like the Vietnam of Israel.
Its not a classic biopic.
Its focusing on 10 days in the world.
No-one was speaking about the Palestinians while we were fighting the Egyptians, he says.
It was another hubris.
That was the Zionist approach, We are here to stay, and who are you?
Its very emotional to see this family story come to life, he says.
Were going full force with it, says Acquisitions and Distribution Manager Avital Rosen.
Especially now with the political situation, its a film that will talk to a lot of people.
