Waltz with Bashir
“One man's journey to uncover his past.”
A film director from Israel interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
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Cast
9 people
Ari Folman
Self (voice)
Known for
Where Is Anne Frank
Mickey Leon
Boaz Rein-Buskila (voice)
Known for
The Angel
Adam Resurrected
Ori Sivan
Self (voice)
Yehezkel Lazarov
Carmi Cna'an (voice)
Also in
Mata Hari
Call for Dreams
Ronny Dayag
Self (voice)
Shmuel Frenkel
Self (voice)
Zahava Solomon
Self (voice)
Ron Ben-Yishai
Self (voice)
Dror Harazi
Self (voice)
Ari Folman Director · Max Richter Composer Nili Feller Editor
Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $1.5M · United States release December 25, 2008
Box office
Budget
$1,500,000
Worldwide gross
$11,179,372
Gross vs. budget
7.5×
Production
Les Films d'Ici
Production
Razor Film Produktion
Production
ITVS International
Production
ARTE
Production
Bridgit Folman Film Gang
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
Australia · Belgium · Finland · France · Germany · Israel · Switzerland · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ואלס עם באשיר
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · German · Hebrew
Release dates
France · May 15, 2008
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Israel · June 12, 2008
Theatrical
United States · December 25, 2008
Theatrical
United States
August 29, 2008 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
October 1, 2008 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Argentina
March 26, 2009 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Brazil
September 26, 2008 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
October 17, 2008 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
Canada
September 4, 2008 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
September 17, 2008 · Premiere · Ottawa International Animation Festival
September 18, 2008 · Premiere · Atlantic Film Festival
Czechia
July 9, 2008 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
July 9, 2008 · Digital
May 2, 2009 · Premiere · AniFest Film Festival
Denmark
November 12, 2008 · Premiere · CPH: DOX
Estonia
December 1, 2008 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Finland
January 22, 2009 · Premiere · DocPoint Film Festival
France
June 25, 2008 · Theatrical
Germany
June 23, 2008 · Premiere · Munich International Film Festival
November 6, 2008 · Theatrical
Greece
November 15, 2008 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
January 1, 2009 · Theatrical
April 30, 2010 · Premiere · Festival of Solidarity for Palestinian People
September 23, 2013 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival
Hungary
November 27, 2008 · Digital
Ireland
November 21, 2008 · Digital
Israel
June 2, 2008 · Premiere · Cinema South Festival
Italy
January 9, 2009 · Theatrical
Japan
October 3, 2009 · Premiere · Refugee Film Festival
October 3, 2009 · Digital
Mexico
October 5, 2008 · Premiere · Morelia Film Festival
Philippines
October 21, 2009 · Premiere · Cinemanila International Film Festival
Singapore
September 1, 2018 · Premiere · Israel Film Festival
South Korea
November 20, 2008 · Theatrical
Spain
November 28, 2008 · Premiere · Gijón International Film Festival
February 12, 2009 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 24, 2009 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 24, 2008 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
November 21, 2008 · Theatrical
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