Belgium Jewry

Beautifully filmed production about Chaja, a modern young Jewish women in 1970s Belgium who takes a job as a nanny for a Hasidic family, the Kalmans. Chaja is a rebellious philosophy student who has a strained relationship with her parents, both Holocaust survivors. Her mother tends to nag and push food while her father is constantly digging holes in the ground, searching for the luggage he buried with family photos and heirlooms during the Holocaust. When she begins working for the Kalmans, Chaja has a rather negative attitude towards Judaism which changes as she learns to respect aspects of their way of life. Chaja also forms an attachment to the Kalman’s youngest son – a boy who doesn’t speak. Through her experiences and involvement with the Kalman family, Chaja grows as an individual and is first able to have more of an understanding and appreciation of her parents. A sensitive and moving film with a wonderful performance by Isabella Rosellini as Mrs. Kalman. Also stars Maximilian Schell, Laura Fraser, Topol and Jeroen Krabbe (who also directs).

1 hr. 40 min.  AGE:  12 to Adult

Drama based on the true story of Helene Moszkiewicz, a young Jewish woman in 1940’s Nazi-occupied Belgium who joins the Resistance after her parents are taken by the Nazis. Helene speaks fluent German, and the Resistance uses her as a spy working within the Gestapo. While with the Underground, Helene falls in love with Franz, a profiteer who does business with the Nazis while working for the Resistance. Based on the book Inside the Gestapo by Helene Moszkiewicz. Note: Contains some violent scenes. Rated PG-13.

1 hr. 55 min.  AGE:  13 to Adult