2009
June 2009
Thursday 4 June 2009
Thu 4 Jun, 4:5 pm. 1001 Watertown Street, West Newton, 02465. Sara Rubin, 617-244-9899, info@bjff.org. Boston Jewish Film Festival - [events]
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Buy Tickets Gift to Stalin, The Podarok Stalinu Director: Rustem Abdrashev Country: Poland, Israel, Russia, Kazakhstan, released 2008 Duration: 97 min., 35mm Language: Russian, Kazakh w/subtitles In 1949, soon after Joseph Stalin unleashes another wave of repression, a little Jewish boy is found alive in a railroad car full of dead bodies. Rescued by a Kazakh railroad worker, the boy grows up loved and free, yet dreams of finding his exiled parents. Panoramas of the vast steppes of Kazakhstan dazzle the eyes as the story of Sasha and the people who care for him touches the heart. This film is a true gem and a real find.