The Loners (2009 film)

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2009 Israeli film

The Loners

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Renen Schorr
Screenplay by| Guy Meirson
Renen Schorr
Moshe Zonder
Based on| True events that took place in 1997
Produced by| Assaf Amir
Starring|

* Sasha Avshalom Agarounov [he]
* Anton Ostrovsky
* Rotem Zussman [fr; he]
* Tzahi Grad
* Henry David

Cinematography| David Gurfinkel
Edited by| Einat Glaser-Zarhin
Music by| Shem-Tov Levy

Production
companies

EZ Films
Norma Productions

Distributed by| EZ Films (worldwide)
Norma Productions (Israel)

Release date

* June 7, 2009 (2009-06-07) (Cinema South Film Festival Sderot)

Running time

| 92 minutes
Country| Israel
Languages| Hebrew
Russian

The Loners (original Hebrew title: HaBodedim) is a 2009 Israeli drama film directed by Renen Schorr starring Sasha Avshalom Agrounov and Anton Ostrovsky.

The film describes the takeover of a cell block in Prison Six by two inmates, both new immigrants from Russia, soldiers from the Golani Brigade, who were sent to prison for selling weapons to Hamas, and who were demanding a retrial.

## Background

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The original screenplay was inspired by true events. In 1997, there was a Rebellion in Prison Six, during which a number of inmates took over the dining room and captured several jail instructors and sergeants.

## Plot

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Bluchin, a fighter of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Golani Brigade, receives a notice that he is accepted for officers' training. He goes out to celebrate with his friend Glory. The two soldiers are new immigrants of Russian origin, with no relatives in Israel. Some time later, two men are arrested, charged and convicted of selling weapons to Hamas, which were used to carry out an attack in Hadera, which killed five civilians.

The two fighters, who are perceived as traitors, do not want to lose their honor as fighters in the IDF, and request a retrial. But the military system is not interested and decides to release them from the army and transfer them to a civil prison to continue serving their sentences. This causes them to take over a cell block, take as hostages three of the prison's personnel and request a retrial.

During these events, they confide in one of the prison staff, a woman soldier named Ilanit, that Bluchin did not sell any weapons, but had forgotten his personal weapon at a whore that he visited when they celebrated. To help him, Glory stole a weapon from the unit's arsenal and handed it to Bluchin, so the fact that he has lost his own weapon woulds not be known.

## Cast

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* Sasha Avshalom Agarounov [he] as Glory
* Anton Ostrovsky as Bluchin
* Rotem Zussman [fr; he] as Ilanit
* Tzahi Grad as General Ben Aroya
* Henry David as Sergeant Galperin

## Awards

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* Actor Sasha Agrounov received an Ophir Award for best actor in a lead role.
* The movie received 10 more nominations for the Ophir Award, in art direction, cinematography, direction, editing, music, screenplay, sound, best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best film.
* The movie was nominated for best film at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

## See also

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* Late Summer Blues \- Schorr's previous feature film.

## External links

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* The Loners at IMDb