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MENDEL
Norway 1997; 93 min.
Norwegian w/subtitles
Director: Alexander Rosler
DOUBLE BILL WITH HAYMISHE VIKING, BEGINNING AT 8:30 PM, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, PACIFIC PLACE
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In the 1950s Mendel Trotzig, a bright and curious boy, moves with his family to Norway, where a restricted number of Jewish refugees were able to re-establish their lives. Mendel has visions of cavorting polar bears. Instead, he finds himself contending with fish dumplings, cod liver oil and the family’s slum apartment. When Mendel ventures out to get acquainted with a suspicious local population, the story that ensues—that of a young boy yearning to be brave—is as humorous as it is touching, and offers rare insight into how children internalize the scars left by war. |
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Nordic Heritage Museum
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