Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Flat 2011

The Flat
     Filmmaker Amon Goldfinger’s 98-year-old grandmother has passed away.  She has lived in the same Tel Aviv flat for 70 years.  She immigrated to Israel from Germany with his grandfather when the Nazi regime came into power.  Amon and his mother plus other relatives are left with the task of cleaning out the apartment.  They find many discoveries about their family in letters and photographs.  They are surprised at correspondence with an SS Officer.  Amon also finds it interesting that his mother never questioned his grandparents about the family.
     I think viewers may be divided into love this or why was this movie made?  Genealogists will love every aspect of this film and it will inspire them to dig deeper into their own heritage.  Those not interested in gemology or without the talents to investigate may the ones to wonder why?  I did think historians could be interested in the correspondence and files?  3* (This movie is OK)

98 min, Doc directed by Amon Goldfinger with Michael Adler, Yaron Amit, Dr. Avham Barkai, Metal Beli, Rani Eisenbery, Gidi, Hannah, Noam, Yair Goldfinger, Orit Goldfinger-Mendel.

Note Blockbuster 3 ½* imdb 6.7 out of 10, 84% critic 75% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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