Shoshana

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Shoshana

2025

2h 1m

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In this edge-of-your-seat thriller inspired by real events, a British police officer and a Jewish woman fall in love amidst the political turmoil of 1930s Tel Aviv. With British control over Palestine precarious and conflict inevitable, everyone is forced to choose a side. From acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom (The Trip, A Mighty Heart).

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Critics Consensus

Shoshana is a solidly fact-based historical thriller whose complex themes are occasionally underserved by director Michael Winterbottom's facile treatment.

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

Aug 11

In addition to boasting an impressive production design, it is beautifully filmed. [Full review in Spanish]

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

Jul 25

2.5/4

Thus, audiences are likely to see this film as more resigned to the inevitability of permanent conflict than providing any insight in how to move away from it.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Jul 24

Shoshana is engrossing in purely cinematic terms: Winterbottom keeps the narrative streamlined and clear, and he slickly — maybe too slickly — stages several set pieces.

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Brian Susbielles

InSession Film

Dec 19

B

Shoshana is a look at the past through the lens of a historical figure who saw everything from the beginning up to today. With archive footage to push the story along in the beginning and at the end, Winterbottom smoothly gives us a timeline.

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M. Faust

The Buffalo Hive

Aug 28

B+

Moments of narration filling in gaps between scenes give the impression that this two-hour film may have been whittled down from something longer, though it would take a miniseries even to begin to do justice to all the history converging here.

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Chelsea Alexandra

MovieJawn

Aug 19

For much of its runtime, Shoshana is directionless. It's narratively muted and thematically hollow. When the film reaches its conclusion, it's framed as a kind of bittersweet victory that feels one-sided.

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Mr. Hollywood

Jul 31

A decent film but missing the mystery and intrigue. It settled for romance but the romance wasnt that grand and it wasnt fully used. They couldve done a lot more but overall it just settled.

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Duane

Jul 25

Kinda slow, but worth a watch

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Jinksi J

@RT38248966 Sep 22

I am a historian, this is a good period piece with reasonably accurate content. If a hollywood movie critic wants it or any movie to adjudicate this conflict they should go back to expressos and lightly informed opinions.

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Kim M

@RT24292436 Sep 7

Well to be clear Tel Aviv didn’t exist in 1930, also this movie is not good

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Marc S

@RT88027183 Jul 26

Good acting and a historic background help us understand a contemporary issue. Worth watching.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 25

Success in 2 hours and 1 minute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

In this edge-of-your-seat thriller inspired by real events, a British police officer and a Jewish woman fall in love amidst the political turmoil of 1930s Tel Aviv. With British control over Palestine precarious and conflict inevitable, everyone is forced to choose a side. From acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom (The Trip, A Mighty Heart).

Director: Michael Winterbottom
Producer: Massimo Di Rocco, Josh Hyams, Luigi Napoleone, Melissa Parmenter, Michael Winterbottom
Screenwriter: Laurence Coriat, Paul Viragh, Michael Winterbottom, Michael Winterbottom, Laurence Coriat, Paul Viragh
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: Revolution Films, Bartlebyfilm
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Romance, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 25, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 5, 2025
Runtime: 2h 1m