This film series is part of the activities of the Week of Jewish Culture and is organized by the Palma City Council and Arca Llegat Jueu. It programs five films from September 13 to 27, all of which are Jewish.
Tuesday, September 13
XV Cycle The Jewish world and cinema
La institutriz (The Governess, UK, 1997)
Film directed by Sandra Goldbacher, also author of the script
Cast: Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson, Florence Hoath, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emma Bird, Bruce Myers, Harriet Walter
Synopsis: First film by director Sandra Goldbacher that tells the story of a young Jewish woman who, after losing her father and changing her name, is hired as a governess for the Cavendish, a Scottish family.
Wednesday, September 14
Film cycle of the Balearic Islands-Israel Association
El informe Auschwitz (The Auschwitz Report, Slovakia, 2021)
Film directed by Peter Bebjak
Screenplay: Based on Alfred Wetzler's book about true events
Cast: Noël Czuczor, Peter Ondrejicka, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Jacek Beler, Michal Rezný, Kamil Nozynski, Olek Mincer, Ksawery Szlenkier, Christoph Bach, Florian Panzner, Lars Rudolph, David Zimmerschied
Synopsis: It tells the story of Freddy and Valter, two Slovak Jews who escaped from Auschwitz in 1944 and managed to return to Slovakia. Also their struggle to convince those who did not want to see the truth.
Thursday, September 15
Film cycle of the Balearic Islands-Israel Association
La banda militar (Ha Lahaka, Israel 1979)
Movie directed by Avi Nesher
Cast: Gidi Gov, Liron Nirgad, Sassi Keshet, Doval'e Gilickman, Meir Suissa, Smadar Brener, Dafna Armoni, Gali Atari, Chelli Goldenberg, Gilat Ankori
Synopsis: Comedy-musical drama set in 1967. After the Six-Day War, a group of Israeli soldiers travels across the country with a more or less professional musical number.
Wednesday, September 21
XV Cycle The Jewish world and cinema
Mr. Kaplan (Uruguay, 2014)
Film written and directed by Alvaro Brechner. Based on the book Kaplan's Psalm by Marco Schwartz
Cast: Héctor Noguera, Néstor Guzzini, Rolf Becker, Nidia Telles, Nuria Fló, Leonor Svarcas, Gustavo Saffores, Hugo Piccinini, César Jourdan, Jorge Bolani, Augusto Mazzarelli, Adela Dubrá, Roberto Suárez, Anouk Ogueta
Synopsis: After World War II, old James Kaplan flees to South America. At almost 80 years old, he undertakes a singular adventure: to capture an old German restaurant owner, because he is convinced that he is a former Nazi officer.
Tuesday, September 27
XV Cycle The Jewish world and cinema
The train (Le train, France, 1973)
Film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre
Screenplay: Pierre Granier-Deferre, Pascal Jardin. Adaptation of the level of Georges Simenon
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud, Paul Amiot, Nike Arrighi, Paul Le Person, Anne Wiazemsky, Rogelio Ibáñez, Jean Lescot, Franco Mazzieri, Regine i Serge Marquand
Synopsis: In May 1940, after the invasion of France by the German army, Julien runs away with his pregnant wife and his teenage daughter. Circumstances force them to travel on different trains, but with the same destination. On the train, Julien meets a young German woman of Jewish origin who is fleeing from the Nazis. Both fall in love, although they know that they will have to separate when the train reaches its destination.
