Testimony

I'm trying to figure out why this movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6856132/ , which we saw Tuesday at the Jerusalem Theater, is called The testament in English rather than The Testimony, for it seemed as much about how people testify to observed facts as about the protagonist's search for absolute facts.

Copyright 2018 Jane S. Fox

The Cakemaker from Berlin

At the Jerusalem Theater's small venue, way under the Rivke Crown, we saw a joint German-Israeli movie whose English name is The Cakemaker (http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/the-cakemaker-review-1202487213/ ). Tbe Berlin baker who goes to meet his lover's widow in Jerusalem is a soft and pasty fellow who speaks perfect English. It was an evenig well spent, though, or maybe because, it left me with questions like, Where is Moti's wife? Does he have one? What does Hanna know? What is the ending supposed to mean? Who ran and baked for the Berlin cafe while Thomas was in Jerusalem? OK. I have a problem with "willling suspension of disbelief." See the movie for yourself.

Copyright 2018 Jane S. Fox