MID-ATLANTIC PREMIERE TV Narrative
DC PREMIERE Narrative
LABYRINTH OF PEACE
LET IT BE MORNING
It is 1945. The war is over. Switzerland, the neutral small country at the heart of Europe, was all but spared. Klara, her fiancé Johann, and his brother Egon are looking bright-eyed into the future.
Israeli Submission for Best International Feature Oscar, 2022
Dir. Mike Schaerer | 300 min Switzerland | 2020 Swiss and German w/English subtitles
While Klara tries to mend the wounds of the war by caring for young, displaced Holocaust survivors, Johann, who works for her industrialist father, hopes to save and modernize his father-in-law’s well-established yet troubled textile company. Just home from military service, Egon takes his first steps in the Attorney General’s office. His mission: to hunt down escaped Nazis. The six episodes of the mini-series are presented in two parts.
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Dir. Eran Kolirin | 101 min Israel, France | 2021 Arabic and Hebrew w/English subtitles
Sami, a middle-class Palestinian telecom executive, returns to his childhood village for his younger brother’s wedding. As he starts his journey back to Jerusalem with his wife and child, he discovers the villagers have been placed under military siege. When the power goes out too, Sami is left to ponder his life choices and whether his sense of security as an Israeli citizen has been nothing but an illusion. Based on Sayed Kashua’s novel, Eran Kolirin’s (The Band’s Visit) new film, which premiered at Cannes this year, offers an acerbic, if whimsical, look at the conflict.
Thursday, May 12, 8:15 PM – Bethesda Row Cinema (episodes 1-3)
Sunday, May 15, 2:15 PM – Bethesda Row Cinema
Thursday, May 19, 7:50 PM – Bethesda Row Cinema (episodes 4-6)
Saturday, May 21, 6:15 PM – AFI Silver Theatre
