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Simon Konianski (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Canada ( USA, Canada )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Micha Wald

Written By:
Micha Wald

Actors:
Jonathan Zaccaï ..... Simon
Popeck ..... Ernest
Nassim Ben Abdelmoumen ..... Hadrien / Schmuli
Abraham Leber ..... Maurice
Nassim Ben Abdeloumen ..... Hadrien
Irène Herz ..... Mala
Marta Domingo ..... Corazon
Ivan Fox ..... Jorge
Gustavo Miranda ..... Karl
Lise Roy ..... Docteur Lalonde
Stefan Liberski ..... Samy Rebenski
Denyse Schwab ..... Mme Hirschfeld
Lise De Henau ..... Sonia
Jean Lescot ..... Rabbi Berger
David Bass ..... Tevie

Synopsis:

Simon Konianski, 35, makes his living as a guinea pig for the pharmaceutical industry. He has a 6-year-old son with Corazon, a pretty Spanish dancer that he has just broken up with. Simon draws comic stripsand Jorge, Corazon's brother, is his agent. In other words, his career isn't really taking off. Simon has returned to live temporarily with his father Ernest. They make life unbearable for each other. To add spice to this situation, Uncle Maurice and Aunt Mala meddle in everything and, notably, try to find a 'nice little Jewish girl' for Simon to marry. When Ernest passes away, Simon fulfils his father's last request: bury him in the village where he wasborn, in the depths of the Ukraine. And so Simon finds himself caught up in the company of his paranoid old uncle who wants to avoid the former East German border by driving likea madman, Aunt Mala who does nothing but gossip and eat, suspicious German customs officers, a group ofholocaust survivors busy rehabilitating the Jewish cemeteries in Poland and a gravestone weighing 500 pounds.

Simon, 35, has returned to live temporarily with his father. They make life unbearable for each other. To add spice to this situation, Uncle Maurice and Aunt Mala, Ernest's brother and sister, meddle in everything and, notably, try to find a 'nice little Jewish girl' for Simon to marry. When Ernest passes away, Simon fulfils his father's last request: bury him in the village where he was born, in the depths of Ukraine. And so Simon finds himself caught up in an event-packed road movie in the company of his paranoid old uncle, his aunt who nags him endlessly about his 'Goy dancer', his six-years-old son, his father's body and his ghost, and also a rabbit. Not to mention his ex who hassles him by phone. The journey will be nothing like a cruise down the Nile!

At the ripe old age of 35, Simon returns to the nest to live with his father, a concentration camp survivor. They make each other miserable, but when his father dies, Simon decides to respect his last wishes and bury him in his native village. In the absolutely unique road movie that results, Simon and his young son undertake a comic, picaresque quest in the company of his father's genial ghost as well as a series of individuals out of a pop comic.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 15 December, 2010.

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