Camera Obscura (La Camara Oscura)
Distributed by the National Center for Jewish Film
Available for purchase & screenings: http://jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/films/cameraobscura.htm
Argentina, 2008, 86 minutes, color/b&w
Spanish and Yiddish with English subtitles
Director: María Victoria Menis
Grand Prize: Pays de Cauz International Latin Film Festival (2009)
Best Film: International Jewish Film Festival of Uruguay (2009)
At the end of the 19th century, Gertrudis, a shy, introspective "ugly duckling" in a colony of immigrant Argentinean Jews, grows into her role as a mother and wife of a charismatic Yidishe Gaucho—until she meets a nomadic photographer whose uncompromising vision allows her to see herself for the first time. This lyrical, inventive feature film from award-winning Argentinean director María Victoria Menis weaves together live action, animation, and still photography in a unique tribute to the power of art and imagination.
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