FREE FOR SENIORS MATINEE

Wednesday, March 15, 2:00 PM

West Coast Premiere

Switzerland, 1998, 30 min.

English, German and Yiddish w/subtitles

Stina Werenfels, Director

Pastry, Pain & Politics

On holiday in Switzerland, Fritz Weintraub winds up in the hospital after a minor heart attack.  Under the care of a Palestinian nurse, the cantankerous New Yorker rails that Arabs are terrorists.  She thinks all Jews are thieves and liars.  When Mrs. Weintraub, a Holocaust survivor, decides to take a weekend bus tour of Switzerland all hell breaks loose.  An unexpected twist with a happy ending make this black comedy a sparkling gem.

Shown with The Personals and The Shvitz

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