Footnote is Joseph Cedar's carefully crafted film about a complex father/son relationship between two scholars. The father has labored for years without much recognition. For the son, everything comes easily. The father takes great pride in once having been mentioned in a footnote of a book by a legendary academic. One day, he receives a phone call congratulating him on being selected as one of the recipients of the Israel Prize, one of the country's highest honors. But his son is summoned to the university where the award is given and quietly told the truth: A secretary called the wrong number - in fact, the award was meant for him.