'Golda' director Guy Nattiv says film unravels Golda Meir's struggles

Guy Nattiv the director of the upcoming film lsquoGoldarsquo has said that the former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir on whom the film is based will always be connected to the failure of the Yom Kippur warTaking a deep dive into one of the most pivotal years of Israelrsquos history lsquoGoldarsquo showcases the personal and professional struggles of the countryrsquos highly controversial and only female leaderThe Yom Kippur War popularly known as the Ramadan War the October War the 1973 ArabIsraeli War or the Fourth ArabndashIsraeli War was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to October 25 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and SyriaThe film stars Helen Mirren who won an Oscar for her performance in lsquoThe Queenrsquo as Golda Meir the Iron Lady of IsraelTalking about Golda Mier and her tenure as the Israeli Prime Minister Guy Nattiv said ldquoShe will always be connected to the failure of the Yom Kippur war Golda was the wrong person in the wrong place at the wrong timeldquoShe didnrsquot want to be a Prime Minister but she had to take the job because no one else wanted it at that time They pushed her to be a Prime Minister and then she was thrown into this mayhem and tried to deal with the messrdquoHe further mentioned ldquoIsraelis are so conflicted about her character Now if you look outside of Israel and Jews outside of Israel they see more of the romantic story of Golda who came from Milwaukee to Israel when she was a young woman full of Zionism and a hope to help the countryldquoShe was the Iron Lady of Israel and like Margaret Thatcher there are some people who love her and some people who hate herrdquo he saidThe film which also stars Camille Cottin Ellie Piercy and Liev Schreiber is set to release in India on September 1 2023 by Lionsgate and PVRINOX PicturesAcademy members please join JamieBell and I on July 30th to the first Academy screening of SKINThefeature at the AmpasSamuelGoldwynTheater in Los AngelesA24 VoltagePictures pictwittercomMJ7FgHSfHamdash Guy Nattiv GNattiv July 5 2019This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever