“It’s about getting to know Israel’s first family in a whole new way,” the director said. Alexis Bloom (Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg) says about her upcoming documentary Bibi Files. Film includes previously unseen police interrogation tapes of the Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu wife, Epilepsy, their sons Yair, and many of his close associates, including two high-profile figures: Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan And Miriam Adelson, Widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. Leaked videos offer an inside look at evidence collected by Israeli prosecutors during their corruption investigation into the country’s longest-serving president; this investigation led to Netanyahu’s arrest in 2019. indictment on charges of breach of trust, bribery and fraud. (Netanyahu has denied all accusations. The case is ongoing.)

His government’s next efforts Reforming the judicial system was seen by critics as a way for Netanyahu to eliminate his legal problems by reducing the power of the court and was met with massive public demonstrations. Then, in the fall of 2023, Hamas attacked Israel. Bloom says: “After October 7” VF, The war against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon “became another means of staying in power.”

Three separate cases emerged from the investigation against Netanyahu; To understand these, Bloom partnered with an Israeli investigative journalist and political analyst. Raviv Drucker. (Netayanhu unsuccessfully sued Drucker three times and, as a result of this film, requested that Israel’s attorney general: to research Him.) The biggest blow of the movie is the interrogation footage. Bloom is loath to explain how he came into possession of thousands of hours of leaked videos, mostly in Hebrew and often with poor image and audio quality; beyond saying that this unexpected event was “both a gift and a great challenge.” (The producer of the documentary, Alex Gibney, to have in question The image was received unexpectedly.)

Bibi Files It begins with Netanyahu sitting at his desk in his extraordinary office on Balfour Street for one of about seven police interviews. A group of people with first-hand knowledge of his and his family’s alleged crimes are giving their own accounts in police interrogation rooms. We learn about Netanyahu’s passion for Cohiba Behike cigars (“US$1,100 for a box of 10,” Sheldon Adelson yells at the police) and Sara’s passion for pink champagne. How can a politician tolerate such extremism? According to Drucker in the film, Netanyahu “keeps a sugar daddy around almost everywhere in the world.”

Milchan’s former personal assistant. Hadas Klein, In the film, he says that he is responsible for making sure Israel’s First Lady never runs out of her favorite expensive drink. Milchan sometimes told the police personally delivered He took a cooler to Netanyahu’s residence: “I felt like the Prime Minister’s wife was going to torture him if he didn’t have a little drink,” he jokes to investigators. Sara made a sacrifice: according to Bloom, Milchan persuaded her to swap Moët & Chandon for another, cheaper type of champagne. “But he had special requirements and would send back Prosecco and lesser brands.”