On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018, screening of the movie directed by Carlo Lizzani, with Benjamin Sadler, Ursula Buschhorn, Danilo Nigrelli, Marta Bifano, Federico Costantini.
How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian – Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask themselves. Hotel Meina, named after the town of Meina at Lake Maggiore, run by the Benars, a family of Turkish Jews. The grown-ups’ questions are toned down by the light-heartiness of the two youngsters, Noa and Julien who are in love and full of hope in their future. The uncertainty is broken by the arrival of an SS detachment conducted by Krassler. The sixteen Jews are kept in isolation in the hotel and the never ending wait begins full of uncertainties, despair, fear and hope.
Light refreshments from 18:15.
In Italian with English subtitles.
Thursday, February 8th 2018, at 18:30
Italian Cultural Institute
Rehov Meir Rutberg 12 – Haifa
FREE ADMISSION
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