This thrilling yet, at its core, empathetic and humanist film looks at the infamous trial of Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the mass extermination of Jews during the Second World War. Depicting the events preceding Eichmann’s execution, it approaches the important and much publicized Nazi criminal through the eyes of three participants in these events.
Synopsis
Israel, 1962. After an emotional public trial, the Nazi Adolf Eichmann has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity and crimes against the Jewish people. June Zero explores the experiences of three characters intimately involved in this nation-defining event: David, a precocious thirteen-year-old Libyan factory worker looking to belong; Haim, Eichmann’s main prison guard, tasked with protecting this dead man walking; and Micha, a police investigator for the prosecution, on his first trip back to Poland since surviving Auschwitz, where he tries to make sense of the future of the Jewish homeland’s soul post-execution
About the Director
Jake Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California in 1975. His narrative fiction films are Young Ones and The Good Night. He co-directed the documentary De Palma with Noah Baumbach. He has directed several television shows including Boardwalk Empire and Halt and Catch Fire. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for The First Ones (a film commissioned by the New York Times Magazine). His films have screened at Sundance, Venice, New York, Karlovy Vary, and several other international film festivals.
Festivals, Screenings, & Awards
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – 2023
Boulder Jewish Film Festival – 2023
Brussels Jewish International Film Festival – 2023
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival – 2023
Cleveland Jewish Film Festival – 2023
Festival of Israeli Cinema in Paris – 2023
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival – 2023
JCCNS International Film Festival – 2023
Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF – Australia) – 2022
Judy Levis Krug Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival – 2023
Miami Jewish Film Festival – 2023
Moscow Jewish Film Festival – 2023
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival – 2023
New York Jewish Film Festival – 2023
Rochester Jewish Film Festival – 2023
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival – 2023
The National Center for Jewish Film’s Annual Film Festival – 2023
Toronto Jewish Film Festival – 2023
UK Jewish Film Festival – 2022
Washington Jewish Film Festival – 2023
White Mountain Jewish Film Festival – 2023
Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival – 2023
Yesh! (Zürich) – 2023
Year
2022
Production Country
USA, Israel
Production Company
Metro, Cold Iron Pictures
Distribution
Cohen Media Group (North American distribution rights)
Films Boutique (International rights / Sales Agent)
United King Films (Israeli Distributor)
Subject Region
Israel
Runtime
105 minutes
Director
Jake Paltrow
Screenplay
Jake Paltrow, Tom Shoval
Producer
David Silbur, Oren Moverman, Miranda Bailey
Cinematography
Yaron Scharf
Editing
Ayelet Gil Efrat
Costume Design
Inbal Shuki
Music by
Ariel Marx
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