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Monday, April 7 Zigzag Kid 2013 | 95 minutes | Dutch/English/French | Adventure/Drama/Family A witty, spirited and action-packed adventure about an almost-13-year-old boy named Nono, his world of confusions, fears and fantasies. Nono longs to be a good detective like his father, a famous police inspector, but his wild nature constantly gets him into trouble. Gaby, his father's secretary, cherishes Nono and recognizes his anguish, which comes from his lack of knowledge about his mother, who died when he was very little. Two days before his bar mitzvah, he is sent off to his uncle's to be disciplined yet again. Once on the train, the overimaginative boy discovers one last chance to prove himself. Together with charming international thief Felix Glick, an old acquaintance of his father's, he travels to the French Rivera and enters a world of disguises and crazy pursuits, crossing paths with the famous singer Lola Ciperola (played by Isabella Rossellini) and Zohara, a mysterious woman whose secrets will forever change Nono's life.
ALL FILMS: 7 p.m. Maumee Indoor Theatre 601 Conant Street Maumee, Ohio 43537 RESERVATIONS: $5 per person per film Reservations may be made by calling 419-724-0354 or registration@JewishToledo.org Payment is due at the time of reservation. No refunds will be offered. AT THE DOOR: first come, first served; exact payment appreciated. Seating is limited and may sell out. We suggest you arrive 30 minutes in advance of the start of the film. TRANSPORTATION (OPTIONAL): 6:15 p.m. Bus departs Federation Campus (6465 Sylvania Avenue) with service to the Maumee Theater and return to the Federation Campus. Limited seats! Reservation a must to 419-724-0354 or registration@JewishToledo.org (do it when you buy your ticket!)
Monday, April 28 Oma & Bella 2012 | 76 minutes | German/English Subtitles | Documentary Oma & Bella is an intimate glimpse into the world of Regina Karolinski (Oma) and Bella Katz, two friends who live together in Berlin. Having survived the Holocaust and then stayed in Germany after the war, it is the food they cook together that they remember their childhoods, maintain a bond to each other and answer questions of heritage, memory and identity. As the film follows them through their daily lives, a portrait emerges of two women with a light sense of humor, vivid stories and a deep fondness for good food. Created by Oma's granddaughter Alexa, the film captures their ongoing struggle to retain a part of their past while remaining very much engaged in the present.
Monday, May 12 The Other Son 2012 | 105 minutes | French/English/Arabic/Hebrew | Drama As he prepares to join the Israeli army for his national service, Joseph discovers he is not his parents’ biological son, but that he was inadvertently switched at birth with Yassin, the son of a Palestinian family from the West Bank. This revelation turns the lives of these two families upside-down, forcing them to reassess their respective identities, their values and their beliefs.
Monday, May 19 When Comedy Went to School 2013 | 83 minutes | English | Documentary/Comedy Why are there so many Jewish comedians? When Comedy Went to School answers this question with an entertaining portrait of this country's greatest generation of comics – the generation that includes the likes of Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Jackie Mason, Mort Sahl, and Jerry Stiller, all of whom make appearances in the film, telling jokes and telling their stories. The answer is also found in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains, aka the Borscht Belt, where Jewish immigrants transformed lush farmland into the 20th century's largest resort complex. Those Catskill hotels and bungalow colonies provided the setting for a remarkable group of young Jewish-American comedians to hone their craft and become worldwide legends. It was truly When Comedy Went to School. SUPPORTED BY
Committee: Deborah Norin-Kuhen Janet Rogolsky Judy Weinberg
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