UK Jewish Film Festival 2023

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The Crucified (Country: Czech Republic, Slovak Republic; Year: 1921; Director: Boris Orlický)
Tormented by his childhood memory of his Jewish mother being crucified during a pogrom, her illegitimate son, now a student, is determined to find out what has happened to her.
Erica Jong - Breaking The Wall (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2023; Director: Kaspar Kasics; Writer: Kaspar Kasics; Stars: Erica Jong)
Erica Jong looks back on her remarkably rich and varied career as an author and poet, whose trailblazing work has helped popularise the principles of feminist thought and challenge sexual and social norms.
The Goldman Case (Le Procès Goldman) (Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Cédric Kahn; Writer: Nathalie Hertzberg, Cédric Kahn; Stars: Ariel Worthalter, Arthur Harari, Jeremy Lewin, Nicolas Briancon, Stephan Guerin-Tilie)
A chronicle of the trial of Goldman, a French left-wing revolutionary who was convicted of several robberies and was mysteriously murdered.
March 1968 (Country: Poland; Year: 2022; Director: Krzysztof Lang)
A sweeping love story which sheds light on the fate of Poland’s remaining Jewish population in the decades following the war.
The Shadow Of The Day (Country: Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Giuseppe Piccioni; Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio)
In the picturesque Italian town of Ascoli Piceno, a wounded World War One veteran observes the world through the windows of his elegant restaurant and believes that he can live life according to his own rules despite the encroaching darkness of Mussolini’s fascism.
Stay With Us (Reste Un Peu) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Gad Elmaleh; Writer: Gad Elmaleh, Benjamin Charbit, Eytan Saada; Stars: Gad Elmaleh, Régine Elmaleh, David Elmaleh, Judith Elmaleh)
Gad Elmaleh, established in the US for three years, returned to France without daring to admit to his family that he did so to convert to Catholicism. When his parents hear the news, it's a nightmare: their son couldn't have done worse.
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