Checkpoint

Overview

"Machsom", the Hebrew word for "Checkpoint", tells the story of Yaniv Greenblatt, a barely 19 Israeli soldier stationed at one of the most dangerous such checkpoints along the West Bank. He would like to be a pacifist and struggles to be fair to the Palestinians, but has to contend with the prying eyes of his superiors. The problems Yaniv faces at home are no easier. His mother is a wheelchair bound hard-right-winger due to the same terrorist attack that killed her husband. The story centers on Yaniv's relationship with his younger brother, Avi, who attends one of the few mixed Jewish-Arab schools in Israel, and builds towards an incident at the checkpoint that challenges all involved to reconsider their previous resolve.

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Cast

Nick Greene

Yaniv Greenblatt

Ari Frenkel

David Melamed

Sharon Ben Tovim

Dana Hurtzler

Alexander Kaminer

Moshe Hamish

Dove Meir

Boaz Krantz

Naomi Cohen

Dalit Banmaman-Vainberg

Ayman Samman

Khalil Haddad

Yousif Alshekh

Mohammed Haddad

Tahor Graves

Avi Greenblatt

Elad Ziv

Iftaj Weissman