I saw the trailer for Waltz With Bashir before The Wrestler last week and it looks so hot, but the subject matter is heavy heavy heavy.

Waltz with Bashir is a critically-acclaimed 2008 animated film directed by Ari Folman. The film belongs to a rare genre called the "animated documentary" and deals with the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre. It entered the competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and received wide critical acclaim at its premiere, however lost in competition for the prizes despite predictions made during the festival week.

In 1982, Folman was a 19-year-old infantry soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. In 2006 he meets with a friend from the army service period, who tells him of the nightmares connected to his experiences from the 1982 Lebanon War. Folman is surprised to find out that he does not remember a thing from the same period. Later that night he has a vision from the night of the Sabra and Shatila massacre the reality of which he is unable to tell. The film follows Folman in his conversations with friends, a psychologist and the reporter Ron Ben-Yishai who was in Beirut at the same time.

The film has a hot mix of songs, including OMD's Enola Gay and PiL's This Is Not A Love Song, one of my all-time favorite tracks. Read the full Wiki here.

Don't forget to watch the trailer and check out the official site for the film.

If you're in New York, it's currently playing at the Sunshine on Houston. Get ticket info here. It's playing in limited release elsewhere. Check the site for more details.