"Aftermath" (Poland) - Falmouth Jewish Congregation Summer Jewish Film Series

Los
Angeles Times Critics’ Pick. One of the Best Films of the Year. “Gripping,
excellent. A bombshell disguised as a thriller.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times.

"Riveting. A must-see film. In a
sophisticated way, it does a better job of communicating the power and
destructiveness of anti-Semitism than almost any other film." – Abe
Foxman, National Director, Anti-Defamation League, The Huffington Post.

Audience Award – Seattle Jewish
Film Festival, East Bay International Jewish Film Festival. Yad Vashem
Chairman's AwardJerusalem Film

Festival 2013

A tense and gripping
thriller inspired by actual events, Aftermath received acclaim,
but also generated intense controversy
upon its release in Poland due to its present-day reckoning with the country’s dark
past. The story: Franek and Jozek Kalina, sons of a poor farmer, are brothers
from a small village in central Poland. Franek immigrated to the United States
in the 80’s, and cut all ties with his family.  Only when Jozek’s wife
arrives in the US, without explanation, does Franek finally return to his
homeland, where he discovers that Jozek has been ostracized from the community,
constantly receiving various threats. As the brothers struggle to rebuild their

relationship, they are drawn into a gothic tale of intrigue and eventually

uncover a dark secret that forces them to confront the history of their family

and their hometown. In Polish with English subtitles.

http://www.menemshafilms.com/aftermath

All
series screenings take place on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 P.M. from July 1

through August 5. Upcoming films in the series include: July 29: Dancing in Jaffa
(Germany); August 5: Ida (Poland). 

All
screenings are open to the public and take place in the congregation’s Speen
Hall in the Blanche & Joel D. Seifer Community Center at 7 Hatchville Road,
East Falmouth (02536). Doors open at 7:00 P.M. and refreshments are included in
the ticket price of $7 for members and $10 for non-members. A discounted
Season "Reel Pass" is $36 for congregation members and $50 for

non-members. Passes may be purchased in person at the congregation’s office, at
the door, or by sending a check in advance. Pass holders will have "easy
pass" access, bypassing the ticket lines at each screening.

The
Falmouth Jewish Congregation Community Center is located at 7 Hatchville Road,
East Falmouth. Facilities are handicap accessible and all are welcome at this
Reform Jewish congregation serving the Upper Cape and beyond. This year’s
Summer Series is supported, in part, by a grant from Adobe Cinema &
Automation, an award winning comprehensive electronic lifestyle management
company, providing luxury residential electronic systems and management
services to discerning clientele on the Cape and Islands markets (AdobeCinema.com). For
further information please call 508-540-0602 or visit www.falmouthjewish.org.