Anita B. (2014)
9/10
Loved it!
4 February 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I really loved this movie. I thought it did an excellent job of capturing a time that not a lot of people focus on in cinema. It showed the complexity of emotions that plagued Jewish people in Europe after World War II: the feelings of not wanting to forget the crimes that were committed against them, but also living now in a world where they are persecuted for talking about it or expressing their outrage openly. I thought Anita and Eli's relationship was beautifully portrayed. Eli was not portrayed as a straight up bad guy, he was shown as a complex man with different motives behind his actions. The movie did a wonderful job of not really having a real villain, and depicting the different ways people cared and dealt with their individual and collective tragedies. Aunt Monica lost her brother and sister-in-law in Auschwitz and she deals with it by not talking about it, unlike Anita, who just wants to talk about it in order to cope. Anita was a beautiful symbol of hope, courage, and strength.
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