Holy Week / Săptămâna Mare 
Partner of the screening: Romanian Cultural Institute in Warsaw
dir. Andrei Cohn, Romania, France, Switzerland, Turkey, 2024, 131 min
WARSAW PREMIERE. The Holy Week, around 1900, somewhere in Romania. The Jewish innkeeper Leiba decides to expel his rowdy Christian employee, Gheorghe. Revengeful, Gheorghe promises to return on Easter Night to “settle a score”. Romanian countryside at the turn of the 20th century. At Leiba's inn, travelers stop by and local peasants hang out. They exchange gossip and news from faraway lands, drink heavily and never miss an opportunity to tease the Jew. When the innkeeper decides to fire his unruly Christian helper, the vengeful Gheorghe announces that he will return on Easter Night to “settle a score.” From then on, Leiba, who dreams of emigrating to a mythical America, will not sleep peacefully. He will struggle distinguishing between the real danger and the one fabricated by his anxieties. Each successive attempt to extricate himself from the dire situation only brings him closer to the ultimate disaster. Showing the anatomy of a pogrom, Andrea Cohn's poignant, black and white movie evokes the aura of Michael Haneke's “The White Ribbon” masterpiece. Q&A with film director Andrei Cohn!
Partner of the screening: Romanian Cultural Institute in Warsaw
Awards and Festivals: Berlinale 2024, New Horizons 2024, Transilvania International Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival - Best Actor
08-11-2024 20:15, KINO MURANÓW
Language: Romanian Subtitles: Polish, English
Partner of the screening: Romanian Cultural Institute in Warsaw. Q&A with film director Andrei Cohn!
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