{"id":3378,"date":"2021-03-18T10:45:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T09:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lechemindubonheur.film\/presentation-et-personnages\/"},"modified":"2021-06-21T11:12:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T09:12:59","slug":"movie-presentation-and-characters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lechemindubonheur.film\/en\/movie-presentation-and-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie presentation and Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row remove_margin_top=”yes” remove_padding_top=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1616066106323{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 38px !important;background: #e59834 url(https:\/\/lechemindubonheur.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/U7A8755-scaled.jpg?id=1565) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SYNOPSIS AND CHARACTERS” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff|line_height:1″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_duration=”3000″ animation_type=”fadeIn”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-0 mt-4 mb-0″][vc_column remove_padding_top=”yes” animation_delay=”500″ el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ animation_type=”fadeInDown”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]How can we live with the abandonment of our parents, who are supposed to be there and love us unconditionally?<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner animation_delay=”1000″][vc_column_text]By inventing another world, a different reality, by living in a lucid dream that is, incessantly and day by day, reconstructed all over again.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1616076665193{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner animation_duration=”2000″ animation_delay=”1800″ css=”.vc_custom_1616076927164{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]It prevents us from thinking about our original trauma, gives us a thirst for life, while approaching others with as little risk as possible.<\/p>\n

Sa\u00fcl Birnbaum is a \u201chidden child\u201d, one of those who, at the age of only 6, had to be separated from his parents to escape the impending Shoah and be sent abroad by a so-called \u201cKindertransport\u201d, from Vienna to Brussels.<\/p>\n

In 1986, Sa\u00fcl is on the path to resilience. He reinvents his life and tries to re-enchant it by opening a delicatessen, unlike any other, where the 7th art of cinema triumphs, through permanent renditions on the stage of this restaurant, every single day. Sa\u00fcl and his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Joakin, a young Chilean director who fled from Pinochet, decide to write the story of Sa\u00fcl\u2019s childhood and turn it into a film, allowing both of them to \u201cheal\u201d just a little more.<\/p>\n

Alas, love comes knocking on Sa\u00fcl\u2019s door and he is confronted with his past. She loves him, he loves her, she disappears, he loses himself, she comes back to him, he is reinvigorated, she abandons him again, he despairs\u2026<\/p>\n

The Way to Happiness<\/em> is a story that teaches us to never, ever abandon love![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”mb-4″][vc_column remove_padding_top=”yes” animation_delay=”1800″ el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”mb-4″][vc_column remove_padding_top=”yes” animation_delay=”1800″ el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-12″ animation_type=”fadeInDown”][vc_custom_heading text=”THE CHARACTERS” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|line_height:1″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_type=”fadeIn”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”2\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″][vc_custom_heading text=”SA\u00dcL BIRNBAUM” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]Descended from Jewish restaurant owners in Poland and Austria, SA\u00dcL BIRNBAUM, an attractive man in his fifties, is the owner of a delicatessen in Brussels, \u201cThe New Manhattan Deli\u201d.<\/p>\n

He remains scarred by a childhood and adolescence that was shattered by antisemitic persecutions following the \u201cAnschluss\u201d of Austria: At the age of 6, he had to be separated from his parents who, in order to save him, put him on a \u201cKindertransport\u201d from Vienna to Brussels. He was taken in by a Jewish Belgian family and was later hidden by a non-Jewish Belgian woman and owes them his life.<\/p>\n

After these traumatising years, the wave of American movies that flooded Europe after the Liberation helped instil an \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d in Sa\u00fcl, which he achieves by opening his deli. The establishment is almost as well-known for its Judeo-Brusselian food specialities, as it is for its celebration of cult cinema.<\/p>\n

Through constant renditions, Sa\u00fcl acts or has his customers act out famous film scenes and organises all sorts of events and games around the themes of cinema.<\/p>\n

Sa\u00fcl has taken a young Chilean student and exile, who dreams of becoming a director, under his wing. The young man prompts the writing of a script based on Sa\u00fcl\u2019s own history.<\/p>\n

While these activities help Sa\u00fcl with battling the demons of his past, they catch up with him whenever he is alone and withdrawn, away from the spotlights of his deli.<\/p>\n

Multiplying his romantic conquests like there is no tomorrow, he tries to overcome the feeling of abandonment that has permeated his life since the brutal separation of his mother, and, later, his foster family.<\/p>\n

His life is rocked when Hannah, a woman as beautiful as she is inconspicuous, visits his deli. They share the same passion for cinema and discover a common past which, at times, bring them closer, and other times, poisons their relationship.<\/p>\n

Sa\u00fcl\u2019s road to resilience, with plenty of back and forth and Hannah as a guiding thread, is paved with cinema, love, and humour.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_single_image image=”2141″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”500″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”2\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″][vc_custom_heading text=”HANNAH MOSKOWICZ” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]HANNAH MOSKOWICZ is a projectionist in an arthouse cinema in Brussels. She adores her work, which allows her to combine a hands-on job with her passion for cinema.<\/p>\n

Since her first visit to the New Manhattan Deli, where she was drawn to by a newspaper article on Sa\u00fcl Birnbaum\u2019s invigorating qualities, she spontaneously gives him the rendition of a scene by Ingrid Bergman in \u201cCasablanca\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hannah, an escapee from Auschwitz, is plagued by the memories of her childhood, which she loathes to remember. She avoids Sa\u00fcl again and again. Still, she loves him and he loves her, but then she disappears, comes back and abandons him again.<\/p>\n

Tormented by her past, Hannah must decide whether she wants to reveal her secret to Sa\u00fcl or not.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_single_image image=”3639″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft” label=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”2\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″][vc_custom_heading text=”EDWARD KIEV” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

EDWARD KIEV, called \u201cEd\u201d, is a man of sound judgment, with two feet on the ground, and who makes sure the New Manhattan Deli runs smoothly. He started out as a kitchen help at the Viennese restaurant of Sa\u00fcl\u2019s grandfather. He knew Sa\u00fcl when he was still a child.<\/p>\n

He too was lucky to have survived the antisemitic persecutions, though not without losing his parents, who were deported to the concentration camps in Auschwitz. After the war, he found refuge in Belgium and when Sa\u00fcl opened his Deli, he joined him and has since been a source of wisdom and support.<\/p>\n

Always on alert, Ed is a sensible man with a big heart that he tries to mask with his stubborn and grouchy demeanour. His loyalty towards Sa\u00fcl is unwavering and he tries to shield him as best he can from the hazards of life. Just like his friend, Ed avoids solidifying a permanent relationship with a woman because he is too afraid of being abandoned. But his connection with Joakin\u2019s mother Beatriz, will, step by step, allow him to come out of his shell and put him on the path of resilience and happiness.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_single_image image=”2155″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”” el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”2\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″][vc_custom_heading text=”ROBERT DE TR\u00c9VIGNAC” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

ROBERT DE TR\u00c9VIGNAC, called \u201cTr\u00e9vignac\u201d, is a French film journalist who works in Brussels as a correspondent for foreign publications (Variety, Le Film fran\u00e7ais\u2026). He spends the difficult ends of the month with review jobs and rewriting scripts.<\/p>\n

A regular at the New Manhattan Deli, he likes the restaurant\u2019s atmosphere and, most importantly, uses his cultivated knowledge on film culture to win Sa\u00fcl\u2019s organised quizzes on the 7th art, to the great chagrin of the other customers. He agrees to get involved with the writing and promotion of Sa\u00fcl\u2019s and Joakin\u2019s film.<\/p>\n

Tr\u00e9vignac is a man who is passionate about his work and develops a fondness for Joakin. He is none too keen on Sa\u00fcl\u2019s tendency to interfere with the writing decisions and Joakin\u2019s directing, and he pushes the latter to make his own choices instead.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_single_image image=”2161″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”2\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″][vc_custom_heading text=”JOAKIN ROJAS” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Now in his twenties, this young Chilean arrived in Brussels when he was 10, accompanied by his mother who was forced to flee her country after Pinochet\u2019s coup during which her husband was assassinated. Hired as a server at the New Manhattan Deli, JOAKIN ROJAS became attached to Sa\u00fcl, who instilled his passion for cinema in him. The young man even undertook studies at the INSAS (Institut Sup\u00e9rieur des Arts in Brussels), financed by his patron, who pushes him to write and direct a film based on Sa\u00fcl\u2019s past.<\/p>\n

The writing and realisation of this film will gradually emancipate Joakin from Sa\u00fcl\u2019s influence, leading to conflict between the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 and his mentor. Having grown through this experience, the young filmmaker will, nevertheless, encourage Sa\u00fcl to overcome his own fears.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_single_image image=”2167″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”2\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″][vc_custom_heading text=”BEATRIZ ROJAS” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Joakin\u2019s mother, BEATRIZ ROJAS, works as a cleaning lady at the New Manhattan Deli. She is a gracious woman, fierce, dynamic and always smiling. Her teasing playfulness ensnares the stern Ed. Her wisdom and practical mindset impress Sa\u00fcl towards whom she feels profound gratitude for the beneficial influence he has on Joakin.<\/p>\n

The radiating personality from Chile will play an increasingly important role that lies at the heart of the Deli.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_single_image image=”2174″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”2\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″][vc_custom_heading text=”JUDITH ASKELEVICZ” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]JUDITH ASKELEVICZ, a bubbly 75-year-old woman, is a regular at the New Manhattan Deli. Here she can experience the flavours of her childhood and savour the nostalgia of the Yiddishland that has faded away.<\/p>\n

She likes to think of herself as a fish in water in the field of cinema because her son \u201cis a great actor.\u201d She is a classic \u201cYiddishe Mame\u201d, invasive and overprotective, who has endless admiration for her offspring.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_single_image image=”3103″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”2\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″][vc_custom_heading text=”PIERRE ASLON” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]After having studied acting at the Conservatory in Brussels, the son of Judith ASKELEVICZ, PIERRE ASLON, pursued a successful career in Paris. At 50 years old, he is a star of cinema, having won both the Cannes and C\u00e9sar Award for Best Actor.<\/p>\n

Despite his success, Pierre is always worried about tomorrow and tight with his money; under the pressure of his mother, he accepts a role in Joakin\u2019s film and even agrees to produce it, secretly hoping the film will be a commercial flop in order to gain fiscal advantages.<\/p>\n

He goes to therapy to try and escape the clutches of an overbearing mother![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_single_image image=”2191″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”2\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″][vc_custom_heading text=”SARAH GL\u00dcCKSMANN” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]SARAH GL\u00dcCKSMANN is a rich, seducing and generous widow who regularly flirts with Sa\u00fcl. In order to seduce him, she regularly tries to demonstrate her erudition in the field of cinema to him. She is a determined and confident woman, ready to eclipse any competition to get what she wants.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_single_image image=”2201″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”mt-4 mb-2″][vc_column remove_padding_top=”yes” animation_delay=”1800″ el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-12″ animation_type=”fadeInDown”][vc_custom_heading text=”THE CHARACTERS OF THE \u201cFILM WITHIN THE FILM\u201d” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|line_height:1″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_type=”fadeIn”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”1\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″][vc_single_image image=”2207″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_custom_heading text=”RACHEL ROSENBLUM” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]The existence of this young Jewish mother from Vienna in her thirties was shattered by \u201cThe Anschluss\u201d. She dedicates all of her energy into getting the necessary papers to get her husband out a concentration camp. A brave mother, she will tear her own heart out to save her child, David, by entrusting him to a \u201cKindertransport\u201d without any certainty whether she will ever see him again.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”1\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″][vc_single_image image=”2287″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_single_image image=”2334″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_custom_heading text=”DAVID ROSENBLUM (6 ans puis 11 ans)” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]DAVID ROSENBLUM is a lively, playful and courageous boy, ripped from his home country and parents by the \u201cAnschluss\u201d.<\/p>\n

Separated from his mother at the age of six and arriving all alone in Belgium, a country that is completely unknown to him, he is taken in by a Jewish family and becomes the whipping boy in his class at school. After having settled in after some time, the anti-Jewish persecutions will once again destabilise his life.<\/p>\n

He will remain hidden for two years, withdrawn and without any contact to the outside world or other children. His only hobby is reading books that are not always age appropriate and which often elude his understanding.<\/p>\n

The boy thus forges his own rich but mindful personality, always on his guard and using self-deprecation as a protective measure. The bleakness of his childhood and adolescence will be mitigated by the magic of local cinemas where he discovers American films. But realising his dreams of becoming a filmmaker remains an unattainable goal for him.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”1\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″][vc_single_image image=”2292″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_custom_heading text=”SAMUEL ROSENBLUM” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]The father of David, SAMUEL ROSENBLUM, is, as his father and grandfather before him, a restaurant owner in Vienna. After the \u201cAnschluss\u201d his restaurant is requisitioned and he is deported, having presumably been denounced by a kitchen clerk.<\/p>\n

Liberated from the camps, thanks to British visa obtained by his wife, he leaves Vienna for England. Weakened, unrecognisable, he is disheartened at not being able to take his son with him. He will later enrol in the British army to combat the Nazis.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”1\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″][vc_single_image image=”2217″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_custom_heading text=”H\u00c9L\u00c8NE SILBERSTEIN” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]H\u00c9L\u00c8NE SILBERSTEIN, a young Belgian woman without children, agrees to take in \u2013 presumably just for a short stay \u2013 a little Jewish boy from Vienna who she does not know.<\/p>\n

She becomes attached to David who, after the German invasion, stays in her home in Brussels. When the antisemitic persecutions and roundups begin, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne is forced to go into hiding and to entrust the child to a non-Jewish woman in order to save him.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”1\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″][vc_single_image image=”2337″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_custom_heading text=”DANIEL SILBERSTEIN” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]DANIEL SILBERSTEIN, the husband of H\u00e9l\u00e8ne, is a simple and cheerful man who works as an artisan furrier from home. He also becomes attached to David quickly.<\/p>\n

After the Liberation, he takes a now eleven-year-old David in once more and dedicates himself to the boy\u2019s education. He wants David to find a \u201cserious\u201d job \u2013 as furrier like himself, jeweller or restaurant owner, in line with his family\u2019s history \u2013 thus discouraging the boy\u2019s ambitions to pursue a career in the field of cinema.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” wrap_container=”yes” el_class=”py-3 mt-4″][vc_column width=”1\/3″ remove_padding_top=”yes” el_class=”pb-4 pb-lg-0″ offset=”vc_col-md-4″][vc_single_image image=”2221″ img_size=”blog-masonry” onclick=”link_image” animation_delay=”800″ el_class=”p-3 box-shadow-1 mb-3 mr-lg-3″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ animation_delay=”1000″ offset=”vc_col-md-8″ animation_type=”fadeInLeft”][vc_custom_heading text=”JUSTINE VERREKEN” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28px|text_align:left|line_height:32px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” animation_delay=”1500″ el_class=”font-weight-bold mb-3″][vc_column_text]This non-practising Catholic Belgian woman without any political engagement refuses to accept that children are persecuted. At the risk of her own life, she agrees to hide the young David at her home.<\/p>\n

A common woman, simple, borderline illiterate, JUSTINE VERREKE works as a home-based seamstress and has hardly any time to take care of the boy. Nevertheless, by borrowing books from the communal library for David at random, she contributes greatly to the enrichment of his personality.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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