Waltz with Bashir (2008)

An ex-soldier with large gaps in his memory seeks out his fellow veterans in the hope that hearing their recollections will encourage his own to return. The memories he’s missing all relate to a massacre in Beirut. Was he a part of it or did his mind reinvent the scenario?
I adore films that explore the mechanics of memory, and Waltz does it in style. It's flash animated but it's so well done that there were moments where I almost believed it'd been rotoscoped.
It's a documentary but also a memoir, a private understanding of a public event and a film with an important message for all who watch it.

4½ silences out of 5