Waltz With Bashir

Ari Folman's remarkable 'animated documentary' tells the story of the writer/director's attempts to piece together his role as an infantryman in Israel's 1982 incursion into Lebanon.

Folman - a grizzled 40-something filmmaker - is shocked to discover that he has no memory of the conflict after a friend and fellow conscript complains of recurring nightmares relating to his part in the war.

Through a series of interviews with psychologists, soldiers and a TV journalist, Folman assembles an account of his war - gradually realising that he has been suppressing the recollection of a traumatic massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp.

Pierced through with black humour and a great soundtrack, the film builds to a devastating climax that genuinely shocks. ·