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** While the film mentions that the Agranat Commission cleared Golda Meir of blame; they neglect to mention that the blame was placed squarely on David "Dado" Elazar. He was forced to resign as Chief of Staff in 1974 and died a broken man in 1976.
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** While the film mentions that the Agranat Commission cleared Golda Meir of blame; they neglect to mention that the blame was placed squarely on David "Dado" Elazar. He was forced to resign as Chief of Staff in 1974 and died a broken man (he was only 50, and he passed from a heart attack) in 1976.
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* EverybodySmokes: TruthInTelevision for the time period and the characters; Golda Meir especially was a known chain-smoker.
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* EverybodySmokes: TruthInTelevision for the time period and the characters; Golda Meir especially was a known chain-smoker.chain-smoker, as was Moshe Dayan.
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Following Israel's [[CurbStompBattle crushing victory]] over its Arab opponents in the Six-Day War, the country has grown overconfident even as its opponents prepare for another round. Caught off guard when Egypt and Syria launch an attack during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Golda Meir and her government must face seemingly insurmountable odds in Israel's battle for survival, all while her resolve and Israel's capabilities are tested like never before.
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Following Israel's UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}'s [[CurbStompBattle crushing victory]] over its Arab opponents in the Six-Day War, the country has grown overconfident even as its opponents prepare for another round. Caught off guard when Egypt and Syria launch an attack during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Golda Meir and her government must face seemingly insurmountable odds in Israel's battle for survival, all while her resolve and Israel's capabilities are tested like never before.
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* BlingOfWar: Averted. Hard. Even though most of the military we see are very high ranking, they wear the IDF working uniform, which is the same for the Chief of Staff as it is for the lowest ranked recruit: olive-drab trousers and shirt, devoid of rank or unit insignia, with the only decoration being a discreet ''Tzahal'' patch above the right breast pocket.
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* MamaBear: Golda demonstrates this magnificently when throws down the ultimatum to Henry Kissinger: either Sadat returns the Israeli prisoners and agrees to peace talks with Israel, or his Third Army will die of thirst and be bombed by the IAF. As she grimly ordered David Elazar earlier in the movie: "You rescue those boys."
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* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Henry Kissinger advises Golda not to [[spoiler:wipe out Egypt's trapped Third Army]], believing that such a brutal blow would result in Anwar Sadat falling from power and being replaced by a more hardline figure.
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* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Henry Kissinger advises Golda not to [[spoiler:wipe out Egypt's trapped Third Army]], believing that such a brutal blow would result in Anwar Sadat falling from power and being replaced by a more hardline figure. [[NoSell Golda isn't having it.]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] provides ample support to Israel's enemies in the war, but they never get directly involved. Golda, however, is not shy about sharing her memories of the pogroms she experienced as a girl in Ukraine, intimating that the Soviet Union and Tsarist Russia are NotSoDifferent.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] provides ample support to Israel's enemies in the war, but they never get directly involved. Golda, however, is not shy about sharing her memories of the pogroms she experienced as a girl in Ukraine, intimating that the Soviet Union and Tsarist Russia are NotSoDifferent.[[TheHorseshoeEffect not so different]].
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] provides ample support to Israel's enemies in the war, but they never get directly involved.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] provides ample support to Israel's enemies in the war, but they never get directly involved. Golda, however, is not shy about sharing her memories of the pogroms she experienced as a girl in Ukraine, intimating that the Soviet Union and Tsarist Russia are NotSoDifferent.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: While the film realistically [[BeautyInversion uglies up]] Helen Mirren as Golda Meir and Liev Schreiber as Henry Kissinger, Lior Ashkenazi is definitely handsomer than the real-life David Elazar. And the short, homely Ariel "Arik" Sharon is played by tall, handsome Ohad Knoller in an unkempt wig.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: While the The film realistically [[BeautyInversion uglies up]] Helen Mirren as Golda Meir and Liev Schreiber as Henry Kissinger, Kissinger. Rami Heuberger has an uncanny resemblance to Moshe Dayan, what with the tall, slight build and male-pattern baldness. However, Lior Ashkenazi is definitely handsomer than the real-life David Elazar. And the short, homely Ariel "Arik" Sharon is played by tall, handsome Ohad Knoller in an unkempt wig.
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* TheTopicOfCancer: The film does not shy away from Golda Meir's lymphoma, radiation treatments, or the side effects of those treatments: we see her cough up blood and we see lumps of hair come out as her hair is being washed.
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Ill Girl has been renamed to Delicate And Sickly and defined as "An attractive person with a debilitating sickness". Golda Meir is not portrayed as attractive in the film
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* IllGirl: The film does not shy away from Golda Meir's lymphoma, radiation treatments, or the side effects of those treatments: we see her cough up blood and we see lumps of hair come out as her hair is being washed.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The movie implies that only Egypt and Syria fought against Israel during the war. While they certainly contributed the most, expeditionary forces from many other Arab countries ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Cuba]]) also participated in the fighting.
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** The movie implies that only Egypt and Syria fought against Israel during the war. While they certainly contributed the most, expeditionary forces from many other Arab countries ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Cuba]]) also participated in the fighting.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: While the film realistically uglies up Helen Mirren as Golda Meir and Liev Schreiber as Henry Kissinger, Lior Ashkenazi is definitely handsomer than the real-life David Elazar. And the short, homely Ariel "Arik" Sharon is played by tall, handsome Ohad Knoller in an unkempt wig.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: While the film realistically [[BeautyInversion uglies up up]] Helen Mirren as Golda Meir and Liev Schreiber as Henry Kissinger, Lior Ashkenazi is definitely handsomer than the real-life David Elazar. And the short, homely Ariel "Arik" Sharon is played by tall, handsome Ohad Knoller in an unkempt wig.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Golda Meir vows that - should all be lost - she will not be taken alive.
* BigEater: Ariel Sharon, who happily chows down on a big slice of Golda's cake. Subverted with Henry Kissinger, who has to be coaxed into eating the borshcht prepared by Golda's housekeeper.
* BigEater: Ariel Sharon, who happily chows down on a big slice of Golda's cake. Subverted with Henry Kissinger, who has to be coaxed into eating the borshcht prepared by Golda's housekeeper.
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* MarriedToTheJob: We never see Golda's family and they're barely mentioned.
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** Golda Meir walks through the morgue of the hospital to get her radiation treatments. As the war rages on, more and more bodies are seen.
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* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Henry Kissinger advises Golda not to [[spoiler:wipe out Egypt's trapped Third Army]], believing that such brutal blow would result in Anwar Sadat falling from power and being replaced by a more hardline figure.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The movie implies that only Egypt and Syria fought against Israel during the war. While they certainly contributed the most, expeditionary forces from many other Arab countries ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Cuba]]) also participated in the fighting.
* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Henry Kissinger advises Golda not to [[spoiler:wipe out Egypt's trapped Third Army]], believing that such a brutal blow would result in Anwar Sadat falling from power and being replaced by a more hardline figure.
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* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:The film's final scene shows Golda passing away in 1978.]]
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* GirlFriday: Lou Kaddar, Golda's beloved personal assistant.
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* StressVomit: After seeing the fighting in the Golan Heights, Moshe Dayan promptly throws up.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The normally unflappable Moshe Dayan is a nervous wreck after he comes back from the Golan Heights.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Golda and Henry Kissinger. And it is ''delicious''.
* StressVomit: After seeing the fighting in the Golan Heights, Moshe Dayan promptly throwsup.up.
* WarIsHell: For a movie with no actual violent scenes, it hammers home the point quite well.
** Moshe Dayan throws up upon seeing the carnage in the Golan Heights.
** David "Dado" Elazar is nearly in tears upon hearing the following transmission from the Egyptian front:
--> Soldier: My unit was surrounded! All my crewmembers are gone! Oh, God, I don't want to die, I don't want to die....
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Golda and Henry Kissinger. And it is ''delicious''.
* StressVomit: After seeing the fighting in the Golan Heights, Moshe Dayan promptly throws
* WarIsHell: For a movie with no actual violent scenes, it hammers home the point quite well.
** Moshe Dayan throws up upon seeing the carnage in the Golan Heights.
** David "Dado" Elazar is nearly in tears upon hearing the following transmission from the Egyptian front:
--> Soldier: My unit was surrounded! All my crewmembers are gone! Oh, God, I don't want to die, I don't want to die....
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* DeadpanSnarker: Golda Meir's caustic wit is on full display.
* EverybodySmokes: TruthInTelevision for the time period and the characters; Golda Meir especially was a known chain-smoker.
* EverybodySmokes: TruthInTelevision for the time period and the characters; Golda Meir especially was a known chain-smoker.
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* StressVomit: After seeing the fighting in the Golan Heights, Moshe Dayan promptly throws up.
* StressVomit: After seeing the fighting in the Golan Heights, Moshe Dayan promptly throws up.
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''Golda'' is a 2023 British {{biopic}} about UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}i Prime Minister Golda Meir directed by Guy Nattiv and written by Nicholas Martin, focusing especially on her role in the [[UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict Yom Kippur War]]. The film stars Creator/HelenMirren as Meir, also featuring Rami Heuberger as Moshe Dayan, Ohad Knoller as Ariel Sharon, Lior Ashkenazi as David Elazar, and Creator/LievSchreiber as UsefulNotes/HenryKissinger.
Following Israel's [[CurbStompBattle crushing victory]] over its Arab opponents in the Six-Day War, the country has grown overconfident even as its opponents prepare for another round. Caught off guard when Egypt and Syria launch an attack during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Golda Meir and her government must face seemingly insurmountable odds in Israel's battle for survival, all while her resolve and Israel's capabilities are tested like never before.
!!This film contains examples of:
* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Henry Kissinger advises Golda not to [[spoiler:wipe out Egypt's trapped Third Army]], believing that such brutal blow would result in Anwar Sadat falling from power and being replaced by a more hardline figure.
* TheGhost: Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria, is brought up in dialogue multiple times. However, he never appears onscreen, not even in {{stock footage}} like UsefulNotes/RichardNixon and Anwar Sadat.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The Soviet Union provides ample support to Israel's enemies in the war, but they never get directly involved.
* NukeEm: Subverted. After seeing the carnage at the Golan Heights, a panicked Moshe Dayan suggests bringing Israel's nuclear arsenal to bear, but Meir refuses.
Following Israel's [[CurbStompBattle crushing victory]] over its Arab opponents in the Six-Day War, the country has grown overconfident even as its opponents prepare for another round. Caught off guard when Egypt and Syria launch an attack during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Golda Meir and her government must face seemingly insurmountable odds in Israel's battle for survival, all while her resolve and Israel's capabilities are tested like never before.
!!This film contains examples of:
* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Henry Kissinger advises Golda not to [[spoiler:wipe out Egypt's trapped Third Army]], believing that such brutal blow would result in Anwar Sadat falling from power and being replaced by a more hardline figure.
* TheGhost: Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria, is brought up in dialogue multiple times. However, he never appears onscreen, not even in {{stock footage}} like UsefulNotes/RichardNixon and Anwar Sadat.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The Soviet Union provides ample support to Israel's enemies in the war, but they never get directly involved.
* NukeEm: Subverted. After seeing the carnage at the Golan Heights, a panicked Moshe Dayan suggests bringing Israel's nuclear arsenal to bear, but Meir refuses.
