Director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage of animation enabled Folman to illustrate their personal memories and dreams.
This movie contains 6 potentially triggering events.
There is a lot of blood and gore in this film. Most of it is animated and realistic rather than excessive, but knowing that it was a real event makes it more disturbing. There are scenes at the end of real footage of actual dead bodies.
There are many explosions and rockets being fired in the film which flash on-screen. They are not very intense flashes but could still cause problems if you are very sensitive to flashing lights.
Technically this film is from the perspectives of IDF soldiers, and the blame for the most horrific acts in the film is put on other 'worse' groups. In this sense, it is 'cop'aganda.
The 'main character' is a soldier with PTSD, who travels around finding other soldiers, some with PTSD. PTSD is specifically mentioned and described by a therapist. This is a documentary film, so all the events and effects shown are real depictions of the 'characters' memories/lives. Some memories are warped/hallucinated due to PTSD.
Not in the traditional sense, but there are radical followers of a certain leader, and these followers commit atrocities in the leader's name. They treat the Palestinian people as subhuman.
Not specifically, but some characters describe panicking when afraid for their lives, and there are scenes of hysterical, emotional women and children at the end of the film.
It is a documentary, so in some cases the 'main character' talks directly to the audience, but it is more like narration than breaking the fourth wall.
There are scenes of a cheesy video porno which is fast-forwarded and played in one scene. It is animated but you can see everything as if it were a real porno. The women in the porno are sexually objectified wearing sexualised outfits.
There is drinking, but it doesn't seem like anyone is alcoholic. It could be implied since the 'main characters' all have severe trauma, but they are not shown to be alcoholics, only as recreational drinkers.
from an emet site : Sorry don't have time stamps for this but its early on when character visits Holland - scene where characters are talking about a memory of travelling on a love boat. Visual and audio
There are scenes of a cheesy video porno which is fast-forwarded and played in one scene. It is animated but you can see everything as if it were a real porno.
The ending is extremely sad. It cuts from animation to live-action real footage of the aftermath of the massacre, showing the survivor's reactions and the carnage of the killings.