Chaja & Mimi (2009)

Directed by

Eric Esser

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

10 min

Rated

APTA

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two elderly Israeli Jews talk about their complicated feelings for Berlin, the city where they were born. They share memories and conflicting emotions about a place that is both their origin and a source of pain.

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What happens

Chaja & Mimi is a 2009 documentary short film by producer/director Eric Esser from Berlin, Germany. The work consists primarily of an interview with two Israeli Jews, Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons, about their ambivalent relationship to the city of their birth, Berlin. The first version of the film was completed and released in 2009 in Germany only; a second version of the film, fully revised for the international film market, was completed and released in 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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