Documentary tells the story of one of the deadliest pogroms in the second world war, using testimonies in a film which demands courage from the viewer
Co-directed with historian Adrian Cioflâncã, this exhaustive and harrowing documentary from Radu Jude revisits a heinous chapter in Romanian history: the Iași pogrom, which over the course of a few days in the summer of 1941 saw the massacre of more than 13,000 Jewish civilians. At nearly three hours long, this challenging film demands patience, attention, and even courage from its viewers.
Deliberately avoiding emotionally manipulative tactics, much of the film unfolds like an archival collage. Photos of the victims are accompanied by testimonies from relatives, witnesses, and the very few survivors, information that is read out in a neutral tone. Read after one another, these accounts are especially frightening in their brutal repetitiveness: in most cases, Jewish men were enthusiastically tortured and shot by not...
Co-directed with historian Adrian Cioflâncã, this exhaustive and harrowing documentary from Radu Jude revisits a heinous chapter in Romanian history: the Iași pogrom, which over the course of a few days in the summer of 1941 saw the massacre of more than 13,000 Jewish civilians. At nearly three hours long, this challenging film demands patience, attention, and even courage from its viewers.
Deliberately avoiding emotionally manipulative tactics, much of the film unfolds like an archival collage. Photos of the victims are accompanied by testimonies from relatives, witnesses, and the very few survivors, information that is read out in a neutral tone. Read after one another, these accounts are especially frightening in their brutal repetitiveness: in most cases, Jewish men were enthusiastically tortured and shot by not...
- 10/18/2022
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
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