Restoration (Boker Toy Adon
Fidelman)

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Theatres: WB 5/2

She then begins to realize what are boys are really
like, and takes them to a place she calls "Australia" —
but where is it, really?
This unforgettable and extraordinary film is not only
entertaining; it breaks new ground, considering
such topics as post-war anti-Semitism in Poland
and Jews who opt to live as Christians.

2011 Nominated Jerusalem Film Festival Best Israeli
Feature
2011 Winner Jerusalem Film Festival Audience Award

Following the film, please join us for a discussion
with Rabbi Ariana Silverman of Temple Kol Ami.

younger wife, Naomi. But something isn't quite
right. Ilan grows suspicious.
Could his lovely young wife be up to something?
He follows his wife, and then discovers a truth he
cannot bear. In a moment of rage, a single act
changes their lives.

2010 Nominated Israeli Film Academy Best Actor,
Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress

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Mabul (The Flood)

Theatres: WB 5/3, RO 4/26, AA 5/3, Flint 5/3

Israel, 2011, 102 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles

Sponsored by Raymond & Atara Zimmerman
Philanthropic Fund*
Co-sponsored by Lee & Paul Blizman

Yaakov Fidelman leads a quiet, solitary life. When his
longtime business partner dies, he does everything
he can to hold on to their antique restoration shop
in Tel Aviv. He takes a new apprentice, the mysteri-
ous musician Anton, to help him save his business
- and way of life.
Yaakov's son, Noah, has his own idea: he wants to
build apartments. Yaakov is not happy. As Yaakov's
financial situation worsens, Anton makes an odd
discovery that may change all of their lives.

2011 Nominated for 11 Israeli Academy Awards
2011 Winner Jerusalem Film Festival Best Feature Film
2011 Winner Sundance Film Festival Dramatic
Screening Award

Following the film, please join us for a discussion
with invited SAX Filmmaker-in-Residence,
Galit Roichman.

na My Australia (Australia Shell)

Theatres: WB 5/2, AA 4/30

Ei Portrait of Wally

Theatres: WB 5/3, Flint 4/30

Israel, 2011, 100 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles

Co-sponsored by Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education's Opening the Doors Partnership Program,
Oakland University College of Arts & Sciences

USA, Austria, 2012, 90 minutes, English

Co-sponsored by the Henry and Delia Meyers
Library and Media Center/Robert & Joan Jampel*,
and the Janice Charach Gallery

In 1997, Egon Schiele's Portrait of Wally was found
hanging on the walls of New York City's Museum of
Modern Art. Valerie "Wally" Neuzil, was a 17-year-
old girl the Austrian artist met in 1911 and who
became his frequent muse. How the painting got to
the museum, and the aftermath of its acquisition, is
nothing less than astonishing.
Portrait of Wally is a compelling true story that involves
a brilliant work of art, the U.S. government, art aficio-
nados and collectors around the world, a $19 million
settlement, and a single, determined family.

DB Naomi

(Hitpartzut X)

Thirteen-year-old Yoni does not have it easy.
He's small, he sells homework to make extra money
to buy protein powder and he screams at the top
of his lungs to deepen his high-pitched voice. Alas,
nothing is working. Yoni is constantly teased, and
his life is about to become even harder: Yoni's
autistic older brother, who had been housed in an
institution, is coming home.

2011 Winner Berlin International Film Festival
Crystal Bear Special Mention, Generation Kplus Best
Feature Film
2010 Nominated Israeli Film Academy Best Film,
Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Actress
2010 Winner Israeli Film Academy Best Actor

Following the screening in Royal Oak, please join
us for a panel discussion with invited professors
from Oakland University.

Theatres: WB 5/3, AA 5/2

Israel, Poland, 2011, 97 minutes, Hebrew and Polish,
with English subtitles

Co-sponsored by B'nai Israel Synagogue, Susan &
Steven Feldman, National Council of Jewish Women
(NCJW), Greater Detroit Section, Temple Kol Ami

Tadek and Andrzej are Polish brothers causing trou-
ble with a rowdy anti-Semitic gang in Lodz. Their
father is dead and their mother is too busy to notice
what they're up to. But then Tadek and Andrzej land
in jail. When their mother arrives she tells plenty of
lies to free her sons.

248.661.1900

LENORE MARWIL

Israel, France, 2010, 90 minutes, Hebrew, Arabic and
Russian with English subtitles

Sponsored by Carol & Ronald P. Fogel*
Co-sponsored by Sally & Graham Orley

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Ilan is a highly regarded scientist at the Technion in
Haifa. He leads a quiet, peaceful life with his much

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