Four films by Spielberg with the theme of broken nations and broken families

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Munich (2005), Lincoln (2012), West Side Story (2021), and The Fabelmans (2022). A common thread in these four films is that the house, the street, and the country are broken due to internal differences or external issues and the protagonist tries to reconcile it.

MUNICH (2005): 11 Israeli athletes were killed in a terrorist attack on Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympics. This incident was an attack on the security of the country. After this incident a team is selected by the Israeli government; Those who want to kill those terrorists. That’s the journey of Avner Kaufman, a team leader in that process.

LINCOLN (2012): For Abraham Lincoln, his country was like his home. When he was president, he tried to reunite the broken country by abolishing slavery in America.

WEST SIDE STORY (2021): A Modern-day Romeo and Juliet in New York street gangs. An adaption of 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between two gangs. Jets and Sharks. Two rival gangs vying to control the streets.

THE FABELMANS (2022): A tale of Samuel Fabelmanwho falls in love with the movies after his parents take him to see “The Greatest Show on Earth.” Armed with a camera Sammy starts to make his own films at home. Meanwhile, he saw he sees differences in his family and tries to reconcile them.


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