Our second most-requested encore presentation, this film is set in Belgium in 1972 and explores the emotional journey of Chaja Silberschmidt, a thoroughly assimilated 20 year-old student who sees her Holocaust-survivor parents as obsessed with the past.

Her father spends his time digging all over Antwerp to find two large suitcases containing his violin, family silver and photographs - all of which he buried when he fled from the Nazis.

Meanwhile Chaja’s mother, compulsively in denial, weaves blankets and makes pound cakes for every occasion. In need of rent money, a family friend finds Chaja a job as a nanny to five children in a Hasidic family headed by Mrs. Kalman.

Chaja is initially intolerant of the seemingly pointless traditions and strict rules under which the family operates. But then she bonds with the youngest child, 5-year old Simcha, who seems unable to speak, to the chagrin of his formidable father.

A heartbreaking but deeply moving evening.

In Commerce on May 15 at 7 p.m. the Program for Holocaust Survivors and Families will host its annual meeting, benefit and pre-glow. The pre-glow is an invitation-only event.