The film depicts the events surrounding the final days and assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, that ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died.
At times overemphatic (no one will ever accuse Gitai of holding too much back), this docu-thriller is also agonizingly suspenseful, despite the foreordained conclusion.
It isn't quite an Israeli version of JFK, but Rabin, the Last Day rivals Oliver Stone's film in seeking to pose questions that official studies have refused to explore.
