Yiddish Cinema: DIE TSVEI KUNE-LEML (The Two Simpletons)
June 22, 2009
The Segal Centre for Performing Arts presents the Yiddish Film Series as part of the Montreal International Yiddish Theatre Festival
DIE TSVEI KUNE-LEML (The Two Simpletons)
Date: Monday, June 22nd, 2009, 4:30pm SOLD OUT - New show added: Monday, June 22nd, 2009, 11 AM SOLD OUT New show added: Thursday, June 25th, 2009, 12:30pm SOLD OUT
Tickets: $10, $5 (35 and under)
Box office: 514-739-7944, Seating is limited, please call in advance to reserve your seat.
Tickets also at www.Admission.com
Address: CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre, 5170 Cote St. Catherine Rd., corner Westbury (2 blocks West of Metro Cote-Ste-Catherine)
DIE TSVEI KUNE-LEML (The Two Simpletons), France, 2007, 120 mins., Directed and Adapted by Charlotte Messer;
Filmed recording of a lively comedic Yiddish play by the Troïm-Teater, a new Yiddish theatre in Paris, France. Based on a play by Avrom Goldfaden.
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ABOUT THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FESTIVAL
JUNE 17-25, 2009
A Historic Encounter!
A Huge Celebration!
For the first time, the major Yiddish theatres of the world are coming together in one place, at one time. Nine days and evenings jam-packed with great plays to inspire and entertain you.
36 EVENTS IN ALL
Theatre Performances, Concerts, A Film Festival, A Symposium, A Concert in the Park, nightly Klezkabarets, Exhibits, Theatre Workshops and the 50th Anniversary Reunion of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre.
TAKE A WORLD TOUR RIGHT HERE IN MONTREAL
Artists and scholars from Israel, Poland, Romania, Australia, Austria, France, the USA and Canada will be at your doorstep! You don't have to speak Yiddish, as all theatre performances will be sub-titled.
This Festival is the Segal Centre's salute to the 50th Anniversary of Montreal's world–renowned Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre.
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Want CinemaSpace film screening schedules by email? Please email: esoiferman@segalcentre.org
DIE TSVEI KUNE-LEML (The Two Simpletons)
Date: Monday, June 22nd, 2009, 4:30pm SOLD OUT - New show added: Monday, June 22nd, 2009, 11 AM SOLD OUT New show added: Thursday, June 25th, 2009, 12:30pm SOLD OUT
Tickets: $10, $5 (35 and under)
Box office: 514-739-7944, Seating is limited, please call in advance to reserve your seat.
Tickets also at www.Admission.com
Address: CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre, 5170 Cote St. Catherine Rd., corner Westbury (2 blocks West of Metro Cote-Ste-Catherine)
DIE TSVEI KUNE-LEML (The Two Simpletons), France, 2007, 120 mins., Directed and Adapted by Charlotte Messer;
Filmed recording of a lively comedic Yiddish play by the Troïm-Teater, a new Yiddish theatre in Paris, France. Based on a play by Avrom Goldfaden.
Initially written as an operetta, this play entered the “classical” repertoire of Yiddish theatre and was played, in different forms (operettas, farces, comedies), by almost all Yiddish troupes in almost all countries.
A rich Hassid, reb Pinhas, wants to marry his pretty daughter Caroline to a young man from a Hassidic family. He requests the help of a matchmaker who proposes a certain Kune-Leml, the adoptive son of reb Shloyme, an important personality of excellent descent from another town. The candidate has however a few flaws: he is one-eyed, lame and he stammers. This does not bother reb Pinhas, for whom the “noble” lineage is the only thing that counts.
The humor of the play is stressed by the unique taste of the Yiddish language and its savory expressions.
Alexandre and Charlotte Messer will be on hand to discuss their production.
In Yiddish with English and French subtitles.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL'S YIDDISH FILM SERIES
The Segal Centre’s CinemaSpace presents
a delightful series of Yiddish films as part of the International
Yiddish Theatre Festival of Montreal. You will find everything from a
2008 Israeli Yiddish film to the last Yiddish film made in Poland in
1948. Also in the Film Festival line-up are recently restored classics,
contemporary documentaries on Yiddish theatre and filmed plays. An
array of special guest speakers will provide stimulating insights.
For a complete list of films in the Yiddish Film Series, please click HERE.
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ABOUT THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FESTIVAL
JUNE 17-25, 2009
A Historic Encounter!
A Huge Celebration!
For the first time, the major Yiddish theatres of the world are coming together in one place, at one time. Nine days and evenings jam-packed with great plays to inspire and entertain you.
36 EVENTS IN ALL
Theatre Performances, Concerts, A Film Festival, A Symposium, A Concert in the Park, nightly Klezkabarets, Exhibits, Theatre Workshops and the 50th Anniversary Reunion of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre.
TAKE A WORLD TOUR RIGHT HERE IN MONTREAL
Artists and scholars from Israel, Poland, Romania, Australia, Austria, France, the USA and Canada will be at your doorstep! You don't have to speak Yiddish, as all theatre performances will be sub-titled.
This Festival is the Segal Centre's salute to the 50th Anniversary of Montreal's world–renowned Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre.
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email: yiddishtheatrefestival@segalcentre.org
Festival office: 514-739-2301
Box office: 514-739-7944
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Want CinemaSpace film screening schedules by email? Please email: esoiferman@segalcentre.org
