2016 Films
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Bulgarian Rhapsody Summer of 1943. The Jews of Greater Bulgaria must adhere to the laws of Germany. Moni, (17) a Jewish youngster from Sofia and Giogio the son of the commissar for Jewish affairs' driver, meet Shelly (17) a Jewish girl from Kavala (Greece). The two face the values and limits of friendship, as they both fall in love with her, while outside rages their conflicted world. |
WED JAN. 27 @ 7PM
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Director: Ivan Nichev Genre: Drama Origin: Bulgaria Language: Bulgarian, German, and Ladino |
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Apples from the Desert
Rebecca Abarnabel, a single daughter born into an Orthodox Jewish family, is tired of the lifestyle that her father, Reuven, has forced upon her. She and her mother, Victoria, go on a life-changing journey between worlds. |
THURS JAN. 28 @ 7PM
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Director: Arik Lubetzky, Matti Harari Genre: Drama, Family, Romance Origin: Israel Language: Hebrew |
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Kicking Out Shoshana
In the conservative city of Jerusalem, Ami Shoshan, an Israeli football player, is forced by a mafia boss to pose as a homosexual, a punishment for flirting with the criminal's girlfriend. Shoshan is banned by players and fans of his team, but becomes a hero of the gay community. |
SAT JAN. 30 @7pm
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Director: Shay Kanot Genre: Comedy, Sport, LGBT Origin: Israel Language: Hebrew |
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THEODORE BIKEL: IN THE SHOES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM
Portraits of two beloved icons--Sholom Aleichem and Theodore Bikel--are woven together in this enchanting new documentary. The two men have much in common: wit, wisdom and talent, all shot through with deep humanity and Yiddishkeit. Theodore Bikel, the unstoppable performer whose career spans more than 150 screen roles (including an Oscar-nominated turn in The Defiant Ones) and countless stage and musical productions, is also the foremost interpreter of Sholom Aleichem's work. Having recently died at the age of 90, Bikel played Tevye the Milkman on stage more than 2,000 times, and he animated Aleichem's work through his creation of two celebrated musical plays about the great Russian author. The new film Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem combines Bikel's charismatic storytelling and masterful performances with a broader exploration of Aleichem's remarkable life and work. A pioneer of modern Jewish literature who championed and luxuriated in the Yiddish language, Sholom Aleichem created dozens of indelible characters. His Tevye the Milkman, Motl the Cantor's Son, and Menachem Mendl--"shtetl Jews" for whom humor and pathos were two sides of the same Yiddish coin--remain invaluable windows into pre-war Eastern European Jewish life, real and imagined. |
SUN JAN. 31 @ 2PM
Location: Malco Grandview Cinema Director: John Lollos Genre: Documentary, Origin: USA Language: English |