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Hiding and Seeking (2004)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:19

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.2/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Feb 6, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: In a testimony to the power of tolerance, filmmaker Menachem Daum, his wife, and their sons travel to a Polish town where his father-in-law and his two brothers hid from the Nazis with a non-Jewish... In a testimony to the power of tolerance, filmmaker Menachem Daum, his wife, and their sons travel to a Polish town where his father-in-law and his two brothers hid from the Nazis with a non-Jewish family for 28 months. Daum proposes the journey when he becomes increasingly worried that his ultraorthodox sons, who live in Israel, have become affected by a culture of interfaith intolerance and distrust. At first, Daum's family resists his idea, unwilling to explore the country of their family's persecution. But eventually they agree to go along. His father-in-law fears for their safety, and also worries that the Muchas, the family who hid him, will demand compensation or express anger over his failure to keep in touch with them after the war. As they travel to the Mucha farm, the family visits sites important to their history--visiting relatives' graves, and giving a blessing at a former synagogue--both emblems of a once-thriving Jewish community. Later, as Daum's wife and sons tour the farm, their cynicism gives way to raw emotion. After so many years, the Muchas find the expression of gratitude they seem desperately to have desired, and the Daums tearfully piece together their history. Ultimately Daum's journey begins to heal wounds between the two families and provides a solid foundation from which to increase interfaith tolerance, within his own family and the world. [More]

Director: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky

Director: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
Screenwriter: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
Producer: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
Composer: John Zorn
Studio: First Run Features

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With the feel, look and indulgences of a sincere, even well-made home movie, it's an awkward fit for theatres.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

When the Daum's return from Israel, in one of the most impactful scenes, the boys sit with their maternal grandfather, an old wrinkled Jew with a short white beard, and ask him why he never tried to contact the Polish farmer who selflessly saved his life.

Full Review Source: Bangitout.com | comment Comment
08/17/06
Jordan Hiller
Jordan Hiller
Bangitout.com

Explores the greater effects of the Holocaust on faith, not only in God but in other people, while revealing a single family's tale of survival.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
06/03/04
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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The singular beauty of Hiding and Seeking is its delicate but relentless probing of ambiguous motivation on the one hand, and its hearteningly conciliatory spirit on the other.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
06/02/04
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

"All religions today are in danger of being hijacked by extremists." This quote and theme makes H&S one of those poignant films with respect to current world events.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
05/12/04
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

If the film is a humanist's vision, it is also is a genealogist's dream come true—of spiritual and historical discovery despite insurmountable odds.

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
04/05/04
Elias Savada
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online

What makes the film both watchable and important is the candid, untidy way it presents conflicting emotions and multiple points of view.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/02/04
Janice Page
Janice Page
Boston Globe
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Ultimately, Hiding and Seeking is about finding the humanity in all people. This PBS-bound documentary lives up to that ambitious ideal.

Full Review Source: Boston Herald | comment Comment
04/02/04
Paul Sherman
Paul Sherman
Boston Herald

A thoughtful documentary in which the filmmaker sets out to overcome the religious insularity of his two adult sons.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
03/26/04
Nicole Arthur
Nicole Arthur
Washington Post
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A sensitively directed, highly humane look at the ties that bind.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
03/16/04
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine
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03/10/04
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
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What initially has a home-movie feel evolves into a deeply moving personal essay -- one with a universal message about the importance of healing past wounds and building a hatred-free future.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
03/05/04
E! Online

Its examination of the long-lasting effects of evil on the psyche of its victims and their descendants is both thoughtful and much needed in these increasingly polarized times.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
02/12/04
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Shot on video and starring his family, Menachem Daum's latest documentary may be closer to a home movie than the usual theatrical release, but in its own quiet way, it's among the most important films you're likely to see this year.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/06/04
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

With his filmmaking partner Oren Rudavsky, Menachem Daum is a rare documentarian willing to explore the painful subject of some Orthodox Jews' intolerance towards gentiles, and he does it in a highly personal fashion.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
02/06/04
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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The documentary filmmakers Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky return with a provocative personal essay film centered on Mr. Daum's tendentious relationship with his two sons.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
02/05/04
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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02/05/04
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

Daum has ultimately made a heartfelt and rather brave film, which probably had the potential of unsettling not just his viewers, but the inner workings of his own family mechanism.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
02/05/04
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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Basically a personal essay, and the undeniably moving family saga takes over completely in the film's second half.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
02/03/04
Joshua Land
Joshua Land
Village Voice
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Tackles the significant questions of religious intolerance and of all religions in danger of being hijacked by extremists.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/23/04
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
 
 
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