All About the Levkoviches 
Partner of the screening: Liszt Institute - Hungarian Cultural Center Warsaw
dir. Adam Breier, Hungary, 2024, 85 min
WARSAW PREMIERE. After his wife's death, the stubborn Hungarian boxing coach agrees with his estranged Jewish orthodox son to let him mourn in his house. During the seven day long shiva Tamás and Iván are faced with their old grievances. Although the big-hearted but stubborn boxing coach Tamás (70) has a kind word for everyone, he and his son, Iván (35), an Orthodox Jew living in Israel, refuse to talk to each other for years. Their relationship has deteriorated to the point where Tamás has never even met his own grandson, Ariel (6). When Tamás' beloved wife dies unexpectedly, he is faced with his son's desire to come home for the funeral and the whole week of mourning. Tamás agrees on one condition: Ariel has to come from Israel too. The atheist boxing coach's living room thus becomes the site of religious rituals. His son along with nine other Orthodox Jews dressed in black huddle around him and pray the Kaddish three times a day, and the grandson gets obsessed with the idea that there is a spirit lingering in the house and waiting for the journey to the Eternal Light. As the days pass and tensions between father and son are rising, past grievances surface in a way that it cannot be kept secret from little Ariel anymore.
Partners of the screening: Liszt Institute - Hungarian Cultural Center Warsaw and International Film Festival Tofifest
Awards and Festivals: Palm Springs International Film Festival 2024, Sofia Film Festival 2024 - FIPRESCI Award Best Film, Cleveland Film Festival 2024, Toruń Tofifest 2024
10-11-2024 14:00, Muzeum POLIN
Language: Hungarian, Hebrew Subtitles: Polish, English
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