A film called "Footnote"

'Footnote' starring Shlomo Bar Aba and Lior Ashknazi. An Israeli film in Hebrew with English subtitles.
   
     There's conflict in the land of Israel. But the movie  Footnote   doesn't show Israeli troops clashing with Palestinian fighters. Instead Footnote gives us a father, Eliezer Shkolnick, played by Shlomo Bar Aba, feeling outdone by his son Uriel Shkolnick, played by Lior Ashkenazi.
   Both men are language experts and I guess, archeologists. But the son Uriel wins fame, honour and prizes from his peers. Meanwhile, the father, sulks and stews in frustration, as the acadeemic world either ignores or puts down his past work.
   Both men live in dysfunctional families. "I want to see you suffer so I can gloat," Uriel tells his son {played by Daniel Markovich}. Unlike his very competitive father, this young man is a drop out slacker. His grandfather on the other hand, sleeps alone and usually ignores his wife.
      Suddenly the old man, Eliezer gets awarded a big prize. But this just sets off  another round of quarrels. In the background you can sense the Arab-Israeli conflict. Guard dogs sniff luggage for bombs. Security guards scan people's bodies with electric search rods. And the film is chockful of armed  guards holding submachine guns at checkpoints.
     But director Joseph Cedar shows us only one scene of minor violence. This very fine fil focuses instead on academic rivalry and the passions it can unleash on families, fathers and sons.