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Two Ladies screening with Goyta
Series: The 17th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival


Two Ladies
US Premiere
Philippe Faucon, France, 2007; 73m
In France, while the recent Israel-Lebanon war rages, Sélima, a young Arab Algerian nurse, cares for Esther, an elderly Jewish lady. An open and respectful friendship develops between Esther and Sélima’s mother, who share Algerian roots. This drama is a sensitive and hopeful portrayal of camaraderie in the face of religious extremism and prejudice.

screening with


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Goyta
US Premiere
Joanna Jurewicz, US/Poland, 2006; 16m
A young Polish woman takes a job cleaning the home of a Hassidic family in New York. A whiff of chlorine fumes leads to a cross-cultural confrontation.

There will be an additional screening of Two Ladies with Goyta at 7:30pm on Tue Jan 15 at The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street. For information and tickets call 646.505.5708 or visit http://jccmanhattan.org/.




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