Saint Louis Jewish Film Festival

Schedule:

3:30-5:30pm: Matchmaking

Moti Bernstein is the son every mother wants, a student every Rabbi loves to teach, the ideal Yeshiva study mate, the perfect match for every bride. He has it all: a good family, a brilliant mind, and he is not bad looking either. In search of a wife, he will meet the best girls in the Jewish orthodox world but will fall for the one girl he can never have. The only one he wants.

Director: Erez Tadmor
Country: Israel
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Duration: 94 minutes

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7-9:30pm: The Story of Annette Zelman

In 1942 Paris, Jewish-born Annette Zelman and Catholic Jean Jausion fall in love and wish to get married. However, Jean’s parents are opposed to the match and report Annette to the Gestapo, sending Jean into despair. This tale of love and resistance plumbs the depths of human passion, prejudice and betrayal. The film is based on actual events told in the book, Informing on Jews during the Occupation by Laurent Joly.

Director: Philippe Le Guay
Country: France
Language: French with English Subtitles
Genre: Drama
Duration: 92 minutes

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