This film series is part of the activities of the 19th European Day of Jewish Culture, organized by the Palma City Council, Arca Llegat Jueu, Jewish Community of the Balearic Islands and Caminos de Sefarad.
It programs three films from September 5 to 19, all of which are Jewish and dubbed in Castilian.
September 5
La Casa de la Esperanza (The Zookeeper's wife)
Director: Niki Caro. USA, 2017
Screenplay: Angela Workman (based on Diane Ackerman's novel about a true story)
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Daniel Bruhl, Johan Heldenbergh, Iddo Goldberg, Shira Haas, Michael McElhatton, Goran Kostic, Anna Rust, Marian Mitas, Jakub Koudela, Slavko Sobin, Daniel Sidon, Val Maloku, Efrat Dor, Daniel Ratimorsky
Synopsis: Jan and Antonina Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo and his wife, helped save hundreds of people (and also many animals) from the Nazis after the invasion of Poland by German troops in September 1939.
September 12
La mejor Receta (Dough)
Director: John Goldschmidt. United Kingdom, 2015
Screenplay: Jonathan Benson, Jez Freedman
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Philip Davis, Ian Hart, Malachi Kirby, Pauline Collins, Daniel Caltagirone, Joel Beckett, Paul Blackwell, Ben Bishop, Andrew Ellis, Matt Devere, Jerome Holder, Andy de la Tour, Daniel Ben Zenou, Garry Marriott
Synopsis: Nat Dayan, an old Jewish baker from East London, strives to maintain the activity of his store in the face of competition from a nearby supermarket, which even takes away his employee.
September 19th
Negación (Denial)
Director: Mick Jackson. United Kingdom, 2016
Screenplay: David Hare (based on Deborah Lipstadt's book)
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Caren Pistorius, Alex Jennings, Jack Lowden, Will Attenborough, Michael Epp, Jack Gover, Sally Messham, Laura Evelyn, Ziggy Heath
Synopsis: In 1996, the American historian Deborah Lipstadt, expert in the study of the Holocaust, is accused of defamation by the British novelist and historian David Irving, who denies in his works the existence of extermination camps. Judicial drama, based on real events.
