The Romanian Film Festival Seattle: Holy Week
November 2, 2024
Presented by American Romanian Cultural Society.
In this period drama, the tense relationship between Jewish innkeeper Leiba and his Romanian servant Gheorghe reaches a boiling point.
SIFF year-round passes and vouchers are not valid for this screening.
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Saturday, November 2, 2024
Holy week is a loose adaptation of a Ion Luca Caragiale’s short story exploring the tense relationship between a Jewish innkeeper Leiba and Gheorghe, his Christian employee. When the innkeeper decides to fire him, Gheorghe becomes revengeful and issues a threat against Leiba who is doing his best to carry on in this anti-semitic environment.
- Director: Andrei Cohn
- Country: Romania
- Year: 2024
- Running Time: 133 min.
- Language: Romanian
- Has Subtitles: Yes