SIMON KONIANSKI
A film by Micha Wald
With Jonathan Zaccaï, Popeck, Nassim Ben Abdeloumen…
Belgium / France / Canada – 2009
100 min. – colour
S Y N O P S I S
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. Originally presented in NCN in Rome in 2007, Micha Wald's project has turned into a film somewhere between Benigni and Mihaileanu; one of the few, that is, which succeeds in handling the Holocaust's brooding legacy in a comic vein.
D I R E C T O R
Micha Wald was born in Brussels in 1974. After studying film editing and cinema, he made three short films, including the award-winning Alice et moi. In 2007, he directed his first feature, Voleurs de Chevaux (Horse Thieves). That same year, the International Rome Film Festival's co-production market New Cinema Network selected the project of his second film, entitled Simon Konianski after the main character of his short Alice et moi. In 2009, he finished the film and will present it at Rome's sidebar Extra.
ATTENDING: Micha Wald
INTERVIEWS : Sunday, October 18th
S C R E E N I N G D A T A
17.10.2009 20:30, Petrassi
18.10.2009 19:00, Casa del Cinema
19.10.2009 17:00, Metropolitan 2
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