The Last Winter (1984 film)
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The Last Winter is a 1984 drama film directed by Riki Shelach Nissimoff and produced by Avi Lerner
. The film was a joint American
-Israeli
venture which tells the story of two women seeking leads to their missing husbands after the end of the Yom Kippur War
. A relationship builds between them when each identifies her husband in the same blurred image of a foreign newsreel.
Avi Lerner
Avinoam Lerner is an Israeli-born film producer, primarily of American action movies.-Life and career:Lerner originally worked in movie theaters in Tel Aviv, but soon re-located to South Africa, where he produced several films in that country and also owned a chain of movie theaters there until he...
. The film was a joint American
Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...
-Israeli
Cinema of Israel
Cinema of Israel refers to movie production in Israel since its founding in 1948. Most Israeli films are produced in Hebrew. Israel has been nominated for more Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film than any other country in the Middle East....
venture which tells the story of two women seeking leads to their missing husbands after the end of the Yom Kippur War
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...
. A relationship builds between them when each identifies her husband in the same blurred image of a foreign newsreel.