Hugo

100 Minutes, 1989
Genre:
Documentary

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Directed by: Yair Lev
Photographer: Amnon Zlayet
Language: Hebrew
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Filmmaker Yair Lev’s documentary was one of the first to have tackled the lived experiences of children born to Holocaust survivors. Hugo is an intimate portrait of a father-and-son relationship, comprising video footage of conversations the director had with his Holocaust survivor father who recounts the story of his survival. Through the conversations and stories that unfold, the pair’s complicated relationship is explored. The father’s recollections are as heartrending as they are horrifying, yet somehow, they also shine with humour, tongue-in-cheek wit, and optimism. In one of their conversations, Lev asks his father whether he believes he could have survived the Holocaust, to which the father replies, “If you could find laughter in Monty Python, then you would have found laughter there, too.”
The film was shown at countless festivals, domestically and internationally, including Berlin, Chicago, Montreal, and Jerusalem’s annual film festivals.

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