Gitel

Showings

West Newton Cinema Wed, Nov 11, 2015 7:00 PM
Film Info
Director(s):Robert Mullan
Country:United Kingdom
Year:2014
Language:Russian
Running Time:115 minutes
Type of Film:Fiction
Premiere Status:New England Premiere
Topic:Holocaust
Women
Drama
Russia/Former Soviet Union
In Person/Special Program:Robert Mullan, Director
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/GITEL/1375224252736771
Supported By:Action for Post-Soviet Jewry

Description

Gitel Bargman is smart, beautiful, witty, and a successful violinist. But she is unable to enjoy her success, let alone fall in love with her suitors, because she is haunted by her past and the ghosts of her sisters. Twenty-five years earlier, when Gitel was only 13, her family was murdered by the Nazis. Now Gitel must return to Lithuania and confront the horrors of her childhood in order to embrace the blessings of her own survival.


To learn more about Gitel, read an exclusive interview with director Robert Mullan here: http://www.bjff.org/films-in-focus/.