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Tom Shoval & Nancy Spielberg Discuss Gaza Hostage Film ‘A Letter To David’ & Why Berlinale Is Right Place For World Premiere

The pair, who hail from the Nir Oz Kibbutz in southern Israel, played brothers who kidnap a young woman using a military service-issued rifle in an ill-advised scheme to raise funds to pay off family debts. Shoval is back in Berlin this year with his very personal film A Letter To David, capturing the essence of his kidnapped friend and the trauma of brother Eitan, wife Sharon and parents Silvia and Jose Luis Cunio. Mixing extracts from Youth; footage of the development and shooting of the film, and interviews with family members, the cinematic letter adds flesh and blood to the man now staring out of “Bring Him Home” posters.

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