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Sponsored by Sarah Marwil Lamstein, Congregation T’Chiyah in honor of its anniversary and co-sponsored by Cory Jacobson/the Phoenix Theatres and Etta Solway
2007, 89 minutes, English with occasional English subtitles, Color, USA “...astonishing, beautiful and passionate, a completely new story...”
This compelling documentary feature by Oscar-nominee Michèle Ohayon is about the power of love and the ability of humankind to rise above unimaginable suffering. With Holland under Nazi occupation, Jack meets Ina, a 20-year-old beauty from a wealthy diamond manufacturing family who instantly steals his heart. But Jack is poor and already married to Manja, a flirtatious and mercurial spouse. Then Jack, his wife and lover are deported to
the same concentration camp. When Jack’s wife objects to the relationship in
spite of their unhappy marriage, Jack and Ina resort to writing secret love
letters that sustain them throughout the terrible hardships of the war.
Steal a Pencil for Me is the story of a six-decade-long love affair, a fairy
tale born of amazing deprivation. You have never seen anything like it. |
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