June 2, 2005 - Boston Jewish Film Festival Offers “Encores And
More”
Films back by Popular Demand; Tribute to Ronit Elkabetz; and The Ninth
Day
NEWTON, Massachusetts –June 2, 2005 –The Boston Jewish
Film Festival is pleased to offer Encores and More from The Boston
Jewish Film Festival (BJFF), June 2 through July 7. This series features
three of the most warmly received films from the 2004 festival (Le
Grand Rôle, Paper Snow, and The Rashevski’s Tango) and
as well as four Boston premieres (Alila, To Take a Wife, The Ninth
Day, and Or [My Treasure]). The series also highlights the work of
award-winning Israeli actress and recent director Ronit Elkabetz, who
appears in four of the films, including To take A Wife, directed with
her brother Shlomi, and Late Marriage, a hit in 2002, in which she
costars with Lior Ashkenazi (Walk on Water).
The Ninth Day, by Volker Schlöndorff, appears in five screenings
in its Boston premiere run. The film has received endorsement from
the Anti-Defamation League, as well as positive reviews from The New
Yorker, The New York Times, The Catholic News Service, The National
Catholic Reporter (which calls it “the best film so far this
year”). The film industry publication Variety says that the film
signals that Schloendorff, now in his mid-60s, is “still a helmer
to be reckoned with.”
Tickets are $8 for MFA and BJFF members, seniors, and students; $9
for general admission.
For ticket orders over the phone with a credit card, call the MFA’s
Remis Auditorium Box Office at 617-369-3306 (no same-day phone orders)
or order online at www.mfa.org/film.
The Ninth Day
Thu, Jun 30, 8:15 pm
Fri, Jul 1, 6:45 pm
Sat, Jul 2, 2:30 pm
Sun, Jul 3, 11 am
Thu, Jul 7, 6 pm
The Ninth Day by Volker Schlöndorff (Der Neunte Tag, Germany/Luxembourg,
2004, 98 min.). A powerful and sensitive contemplation of morality
and faith, The Ninth Day tackles the dilemma of the Catholic Church,
and its ambivalent stance during the Nazi era. Based on a real-life
1945 memoir, the film tells the story of Henri Kremer (Ulrich Matthes),
a priest from Luxembourg who is imprisoned in the Dachau concentration
camp. On the verge of mental and physical collapse, Kremer is suddenly
set free and given nine days by a young Gestapo officer to convince
the local bishop to support the Nazi occupiers. This is the latest
work from acclaimed German director Volker Schlöndorff, perhaps
most famous for the Oscar-winning 1979 film, The Tin Drum. Description
adapted from the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.
About The Boston Jewish Film Festival
The Boston Jewish Film Festival presents the best contemporary films
from around the world on Jewish themes at its annual Festival and throughout
the year. Through features, shorts, documentaries, and conversations
with visiting artists, the Festival explores Jewish identity, the current
Jewish experience, and the richness of Jewish culture in relation to
a diverse modern world. The Boston Jewish Film Festival, Inc., is a
not-for-profit organization.
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the review by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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