FOOTNOTE Co-Presented with MVHC Summer Institute

"In fact, it's one of the smartest and most merciless comedies to come along in a while."

-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Footnote is a film about the nature of truth, about sacrifice, hubris, hypocrisy. It's nothing short of brilliant.

-- Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

This is brainy, bravura filmmaking of the highest level, a motion picture that is as difficult to pigeonhole as it is a pleasure to enjoy.

-- Kenneth Turan , Los Angeles Times

 2011 Academy Award Nominee, Best Foreign Language Picture

Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are both eccentric professors, who have dedicated their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies. The father, Eliezer, is a stubborn purist who fears the establishment and has never been recognized for his work. While his son, Uriel, is an up-and-coming star in the field, who appears to feed on accolades, endlessly seeking recognition. Then one day, the tables turn. When Eliezer learns that he is to be awarded the Israel Prize, the most valuable honor for scholarship in the country, his vanity and desperate need for validation are exposed. His son Uriel, meanwhile, is thrilled to see his father's achievements finally recognized but, in a darkly funny twist, is forced to choose between the advancement of his own career and his father's. Will he sabotage his father's glory?

 Israel * 2011 * 105 minutes * Drama/Comedy * Rated PG * Hebrew with English subtitles