Holy Week

Holy Week

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 20, 2024

Runtime

2h 5m

Genres

Drama, History, Thriller

User Score

60%

Original Title

Săptămâna Mare

Production Companies

Mandragora Film (RO)

Director

Andrei Cohn

Description

The Holy Week, around 1900, somewhere in Romania. The tense relationship between the Jewish innkeeper Leiba and Gheorghe, his Christian employee, reaches the point where the innkeeper decides to expel the latter. Revengeful, Gheorghe promises Leiba that he will return on Easter Night to “settle” his accounts. This threat comes as a last straw against Leiba’s attempts to cohabit with his hostile, anti-Semitic environment. From then on, Leiba will struggle distinguishing between the real danger and the one fabricated by his anxieties, engaging onto a path of transformation leading to extreme consequences.