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　　T,he %issue o].
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$ War widow represent
a;t+ion[% in Israeli ci =nem#a is one o$;[:f the most comple#x fo(r t.-@h@e local industry
^%* for it/@ seem.)s to be uni `#que and*@ with a )very loc,%*al and spe=/^
ci[%fic icon
ogra_ !phy.　　* ;,The wa@r Wid@ow is a` di -#!ffic/.*ult character to dig*est. Beca)=`u[,!@se thi\?!s:/ is an ]#especial.`ly p.a@ ,?inful ,:(topic in?[ Israel, -\its  mo,
de of r],
epresentat^.`
i%^!on is almost a@$l+.ways probl-ematic.　　Gi)!l@.a Al?magor in T*
ofan@o's &q_uots_-i*) ege&qu@ot i s.-
one of the first char?+`acters of ;the! "mod,:ern&` [quot `)[war w/:\i!dows to appear on Israel)=i cinema scree.ns.　　The human and* so\cial c-ompl[exity of the status@\$! of- wi dows w`as(( not re:#presente[, d adequately and^( pers!ona/l.ly
 u ntil_? her complex an_ ]d fine*; app+earanc-@-e i?^n this ^film.　　It was m^ostly* Pr\=-eceded by c`:liches$% of heroi\/ ;c wome#n\_ (@#w- ho have sacrificed for the-+ nat-_(ion with ch+\aracters t;!=o (wh@@ich it w#+[as very di;ff;_ic=^u]*lt to g,+[et .att! ached, nor to ;^)their per]sonal grief.　　=]"S%ie ge&qu$$)^ot was d _ire)cted $ b==y an unkno [\-:wn Italian dire;
ctor of that period. Although Gilberto Tofa+
n,o [$?was brought as  a ):profe!ssional dire; ;ctor o:@n the wings %of ins[$:p(iration made by the./ Fre`=nc*h New W:+ave o@;=f thos]` e ^,]y%ears, he managed ?to t`_ur%,n out a very exciting(\ work /-which has ca+`ught t\:?he ?Israe(\li warmth) and sense \% of social sie[
$ge w .^hich `%s ]+(!urrounds t@he;^ Isra+ eli widows,,$ includi$$$ng -the +gr?,eat expectations (/(]from them @a]nd the social stig=!mas.　　T? ofa no wrapped his lea/ding lady with l`o%
\ts of warmth and gave a ?-!pl/ace of honor: to Almagor's,
.* impres?sive :pr*!es:ence in ]the film.　　T+ h(,is is: . without a dou %b,.!t `*one !(@/of A-\$l m*/a[(gor's best and mos\t accurate#?* perform=anc,e[[s. The restr)*-aint in her pe^ rformanc% e plus the sh:oo((+*t*in g ^and e xpr()*e$/ssive use of :_angles %] $by Tofano\ ? \,an:d$ his soft Eur#*#o,pean-  touch wh,ich was far off fro?[@m the a!;ggressive local $)$product ma!$n[aged to)); produce a :sense of doc;ument=ing an a?u@ the
#nti@=c tragedy with a tangibl?!e =]personal touch that minimized-  ,the natio;=na :l==[ dimens #(ion. The result stands the test .of time prou=_dly s?*;everal de?-`@cade%,%s after its creation.