Yahoo Movies First trailer for Helen Mirren's new movie about Israel's first female PM
Helen Mirren's Golda has debuted a first trailer ahead of the thriller's release next month.
Unfolding across the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Oscar winner Mirren steps into the groundbreaking shoes of Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, who must contend with a skeptical cabinet and complex relationship with the US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (played by Liev Schreiber), as millions of lives hang in the balance.
Meir's staunch leadership ultimately decided the fate of her nation, all while setting in stone a controversial legacy around the globe.
You can check out the brand new trailer above.
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Originally premiering at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, Golda also stars Camille Cottin (Call My Agent), Rami Heuberger (Schindler's List), Lior Ashkenzi (Foxtrot), Ellie Piercy (Black Mirror) and Ed Stoppard (Judy).
It opened the Jerusalem Film Festival earlier this month, with director Guy Nattiv telling Deadline at the time: "It's kind of an Israeli movie with an international swagger. It has another layer that I think non-Israelis don't get."
The filmmaker also shut down the notion that his biographical drama was attempting to reshape the real-life politician's image.
"What I'm showing is the defeat of Israel, it's downfall. I call it the 'Requiem of Golda'. Everybody's losing themselves, the heroes from '67, figures like Moshe Dayan, the big hero, the superman of Israel, he's getting a slap.
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"It's not glorifying anything about the Israeli narrative," he reiterated.
"The 'Yom Kippur of' is a term that everybody uses here, the 'Yom Kippur of Maccabi Tel Aviv', the 'Yom Kippur of Eurovision'... This is like the Vietnam of Israel."
Golda arrives in cinemas on August 25.
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