Steal a Pencil for Me August 23, 2007

Steal a Pencil for Me is a compelling documentary by Academy Award® nominee Michèle Ohayon about the power of love and the ability of humankind to rise above unimaginable suffering. The year is 1943 and Holland is under total Nazi occupation. In Amsterdam, Jack, an unassuming accountant, first meets Ina at a birthday party. The 20 year old beauty instantly steals his heart, but Jack’s pursuit of love will be complicated. He is poor and already married to Manja, a flirtatious and mercurial spouse. When the Jews are deported, the husband, wife, and lover find themselves at the same concentration camp, actually living in the same barracks.

Co-Sponsored by the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.

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