End of January memory time. Like every year, the 27 in fact, this month marks the Remembrance Dayan opportunity to understand what is meant by the word Holocaustthe pain behind it and to underline all the consequences of what was a crude “policy” aimed at massacre.
Why January 27th? And why them? Millions of Jews and gypsies, homosexuals and disabled people, who were subjected to all sorts of torture. To understand it and not to forget, cinematography has produced authentic masterpieces over the years.
Not only “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” by Mark Herman (film adaptation of the novel of the same name by John Boyne), “The Pianist” by Roman Polanski or “Life is Beautiful” by Roberto Benigni, but many many others.
Here is a list of 5 films about the Shoah chosen for you
1. Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Directed by Taika Waititithis film tells the story of Jojoa German child member of the Hitler Youth (his is a grotesque and caricatured version of Adolf Hitler), whose worldview is turned upside down when he discovers that his mother is hiding a young Jewish woman in the house. The film expertly mixes comedy and drama to offer a unique perspective on the Holocaust.
It will be broadcast on RaiMovie today Monday 27 January at 5.30pm.
2. Anne Frank, my best friend (2021)
Dutch film, directed by Ben Sombogaartwhich tells the story of the friendship between Anne Frank and Hanneli Goslar, offering a new perspective on Anne’s life before and during the war.
It is currently available on Netflix.
3. The Mauthausen photographer (2018)
Directed by Mar Targaronathe film tells the true story of Francisco Boix, a Spanish photographer imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp, who manages to save photographic evidence of the atrocities committed by the Nazis.
This film is also currently available on Netflix.
4. The lady from the Warsaw Zoo (2017)
Directed by Niki Carois based on the true story of Antonina Żabińska and her husband Jan, who, during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw, saved hundreds of Jews by hiding them in the zoo where they were caretakers.
5. The son of Saul (2015)
From László Nemesthe film follows the story of Saul Ausländer, a Hungarian prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp, forced to work in the crematoria, who desperately tries to give a dignified burial to a boy he believes to be his son.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis now in cinemas
1970 masterpiece by Vittorio De Sica, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Giorgio Bassani, Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film in 1972 – The Finzi Contini garden returns to cinemas in a digitally restored version. The horrors of fascist and racist persecution, the brutality of history and the magic of youth are intertwined in the events of the Finzi-Contini family, of Jewish origins, set in Ferrara.
You can find the film on Prime.
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