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Precious Life -- Film Review

10:13 PM PDT 10/14/2010 by Stephen Farber

Telluride, Colo. -- Shlomi Eldar's documentary Precious Life examines a theme that also illuminated several dramatic features shown at this year's Telluride Film Festival: It focuses on people trying to make a positive difference in societies dominated by chaos and destruction.

The hero here is an Israeli doctor, Raz Somech, working to save the life of a Palestinian baby born without a normal immune system. Another hero is the filmmaker. Eldar is a journalist based in Israel, and in making this film, he surely hoped to build more understanding among people who have been at war for decades. If the film is widely seen, he just might succeed. It will be shown on HBO next year and also will stir audiences at film festivals around the world.

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