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    MY POLISH HONEYMOON/LUNE DE MIEL ( Élise Otzenberger 2018)

    Capsule only.


    A Parisian couple of Polish Jewish origins take a trip to Poland, visiting Holocaust sites, as a kind of belated honeymoon. There is an attempt to mix the serious material with a jocular tone and weave in comic characters, which doesn't work so well. The French critics were not so happy given the overall press rating of 3.0 on alloCiné. This reminded me of what made Benigni's celebrated Life Is Beautiful hard to swallow. Some may differ.

    SFJFF showtimes:
    Saturday July 20, 2019 6:10 p.m. CineArts
    Tuesday July 23, 2019 8:55 p.m. Castro Theatre
    Tuesday July 30, 2019 6:25 p.m. Albany Twin
    Sunday August 4, 2019 11:45 a.m. Smith Rafael



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    ADVOCATE (Rachel Leah Jones, Phillipe Bellaiche 2019)

    A doc about Lea Tsemel, the indestructible Israeli lawyer who for decades has defended Palestinians. She nearly always loses but never gives up. Remarkable. Multiple prizes, including at the Tel Aviv festival Docaviv. CAPSULE.

    Last edited by Chris Knipp; 08-01-2019 at 10:57 PM.

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    TEL AVIV ON FIRE (sameh Zoabi 2018)

    Now showing at Quad Cinema, Landmark at 57 and the Beekman Theater in NYC.
    Coming to SF Bay Area: Aug. 9 following at Landmark’s Clay San Francisco and Shattuck Berkeley.

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    Tel Aviv on Fire تل أبيب على النار (Sameh Zoabi 2018) CAPSULE

    Now playing both in New York and California, Landmarks's Clay (SF) and Shattuck (Berkeley) and Laemmle Royal and Town in Los Angeles. In NYC at the Quad, Landmark 57 and Beekman. Also in other parts of the country.

    This is the only Palestinian film in the SFJFF that I saw. It's a FRench co-production.

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