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3''Lebanon'' (לבנון‎ in Hebrew, ''Lebanon: The Soldier's Journey'' in UK) is a 2009 Israeli war film directed by Samuel Maoz, who based it on [[WriteWhatYouKnow his own experience]] as a young conscript in the conflict it depicts.
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5It is set during the [[UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict 1982 war]] in UsefulNotes/{{Lebanon}}. Warfare is depicted in a rather [[WarIsHell uncompromising way]] through the point of view of an [[UsefulNotes/IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles Israeli tank crew]]. The film's main distinctive feature is that the outside world is only seen [[BinocularShot through the tank's gunsight]][[note]]except for the film's very last shot, which can be seen on the poster here, below the title[[/note]].
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7!!''Lebanon'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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9* AntiArmor: The film notably shows how it feels to be inside a tank when it is ambushed and hit by a RPG.
10* BinocularShot: As mentioned above, it's used as the sole way to show the outside world.
11* ChromosomeCasting: There's no female character to speak of, only some civilian Lebanese women caught in the war who can be seen through the tank's gunsight.
12* DirtyKid: One of the crew members recalls how his hot female school teacher inspired him nothing but dirty thoughts when he was a kid, even when he was in the middle of a family grieving.
13* NewMeat: The young gunner has never fired the cannon in a combat situation and is hesitant at first, which results in Lebanese civilians and a fellow Israeli soldier being killed.
14* RunningGag: Calling the white phosphorus shells "flaming smoke".
15* TankGoodness: Averted. The film goes out of its way to show that being in a tank in urban warfare situation is NOT cool. You don't get shot at with firearms, but enemy RPG ambush teams really are TheDreaded.
16* UrbanWarfare: The film's most tense parts happen in war-torn Lebanese cities.

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