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The Pageant

Original title: The Pageant
Year: 2020
Running time: 82 min.
Country: France
Director: Eytan Ipeker
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: Itai Marom
Producer: Co-production France-Turkey-Israel-Germany;
Kamara, Spiro Films, Survivance, Weltfilm
Genre: Documentary | II World War. Holocaust
Synopsis: Every year since 2011, a unique beauty contest takes place in Haifa. The contestants are female survivors of the Holocaust. In the midst of this flashy spectacle, their personal traumas remain as deep as ever.

Critics' reviews

"By juxtaposing stark black-and-white photographs of terrified survivors with the thumping sounds of that frankly rather absurd party (...) he doesn’t actually need to spell anything out for things to sink in. And yes, someone does actually yell out: “Wow, she was in Auschwitz!” at one point. It’s a lot to take in."

Marta Bałaga: Cineuropa

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The Pageant

2020

Eytan Ipeker