Event

JOHANNA

Poland
French, German, Polish, French with English subtitles
Director: Feliks Falk
105 min. Feature

Sensitive and suspenseful. In a story, about an abandoned Jewish child and the young, Polish woman who rescues her, celebrated Polish writer/director, Feliks Falk captures the shadowy world of Nazi-occupied Poland where no one can be trusted. Childless Joanna forms a surrogate bond with little Róza while facing constant danger from paranoid neighbors and family, the watchful eye of the Polish underground, and the romantic advances of a Nazi officer. A sympathetic perspective on the Polish experience in WWII, Jewish rescue and conflicting moral choices. Showered with awards in Poland and at the Moscow International Film Festival for screenplay, acting, directing and Best Picture.
Introduction by Felicia Wertz