A Woman Called Golda

This is one of those rare films in which you do not see an actor or actress performing a role-you see only the character they become. For example, when you see Tom Cruise in a film, you never once see the character; all you see is Tom Cruise playing a role. In playing Golda Meir, Ingrid Bergman becomes the character, and all traces of Bergman disappear. Very few performers have that ability.

The fact that the film tells a real story about a real person and real events simply makes the movie all that much better.

I am old enough to remember some of the events portrayed in this movie, but I watched it with someone who was not, and who, moreover, had never learned anything about the history of the modern state of Israel in school. Which is why this film should be a must see for everyone.