Screening as part of our annual Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration. After a devastating loss, witty and proudly troublesome Eleanor Morgenstein, 94, tells a tale that takes on its own dangerous life.
Eleanor (June Squibb - ‘Thelma’) and her best friend Bessie (Rita Zohar – a real Holocaust survivor) share a home in Florida. Eleanor is generally grouchy and has a tendency to lie, but when a change in their situation forces Eleanor back to New York, she becomes the unwelcome guest in her divorced and much-criticised daughter’s (Jessica Hecht) tiny apartment.
This film wraps the Holocaust and Jewish identity into a sentimental story of truth and reconciliation, and Squibb brings to vivid life the witty and proudly troublesome 94-year-old in Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut.
It is a comically poignant exploration of how the stories we hear become the stories we tell, and will make you laugh, cry and hug everyone you love. Co-stars Chiwetel Ejiofor.
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