It is October 5, 1973, and all is quiet in Israel as the country slows down to a halt for Yom Kippur, holiest of Jewish holidays. Suddenly, sirens blare and news spreads of an attack by Syria. The camera follows Weinraub from the arms of his lover that fateful morning to the chaos of the northern Golan Heights. Initial excitement and enthusiasm give way to wariness and disgust as he encounters the unglamorous and often monotonous face of war. Visually stunning depictions bring home the visceral feeling of combat while the use of silence conveys a kind of solitude and, paradoxically, the experience of unbearable explosions and human cries. Based on Gitai's own memories of military service in the 1973 War, Kippur is his most autobiographical and meditative film to date.-Jewish Film Festival