Sunday, October 8 @ Voorhees Hall #105 7:00pm
Soup – Sharon Chetrit (Tel Aviv, Israel) - On an ordinary day, with ordinary do-
mestic tasks, a pregnant woman makes a pot of soup in her kitchen, when she
is overcome by frightening illusions brought on by birth pangs. In Hebrew, sub-
titled 2016; 28 min. 2016; 26 min. Intro and Q&A with Director Sharon Chetrit.
The Little Dictator– Nurith Cohn (Jerusalem, Israel) - Professor Yossi Kleinmann is
an underappreciated history professor who lectures about totalitarian regimes.
During a Sabbath weekend, celebrating the 90th birthday of his wife’s grand-
mother, a Holocaust survivor, he suddenly finds himself in an unexpected situa-
tion which forces him to confront history, his family, and himself. In Hebrew, sub-
titled 2016; 28 min.
Painless – Jordan Horowitz (Brooklyn, New York) - Born with a rare condi-
tion that leaves him alienated and unable to feel physical pain, Henry Long
becomes obsessed with finding a cure. A need for normalcy leads him
down a dark path where he must decide if finding a cure is worth paying
the ultimate price. 2017; 81 min.
Watch the trailer for Painless
NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 9
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