Das letzte Geschenk (2017)

Das letzte Geschenk: Directed by Pablo Solarz. With Miguel Ángel Solá, Ángela Molina, Olga Boladz, Julia Beerhold. Abraham Bursztein, an 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II. After seven decades without any contact with him, Abraham will try to find his old friend and keep his promise to return one day.

“u0026quot;The Last Suitu0026quot; (2017 release from Argentina; original title u0026quot;El ultimo trajeu0026quot;; 91 min.) brings the story of Abraham Bursztein, a very old and ailing Jewish tailor. As the movie opens, Abrahamu0026#39;s family is getting ready to move him to a retirement home, against Abrahamu0026#39;s express wishes. When his housekeeper asks what to do with a certain suit she finds, he decides on the spur of the moment to trek out to Poland. He waits for his family to leave (expecting to pick him up the next morning to take his to the retirement home). Instead, Abraham takes off for the airport, where a flight to Madrid is the first flight to Europe… At this point we are less than 15 min. into the movie but to tell you more of the plot would spoil your viewing experience, youu0026#39;ll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCouple of comments: it took me a while to get into the movie, to be honest. At first we donu0026#39;t understand what is so important about that suit, and why exactly he wants to go to Poland, but of course all is revealed in due course. The core of the movie is Abraham, in frail health, getting from Buenos Aires to Poland via planes, trains and automobiles. Braham is played with grace and humor by noted Argentinean actor Miguel Angel Sola. And any movie that finds a spot for Natalia Verbeke is a winner for me!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI recently saw u0026quot;The Last Suiteu0026quot; at the 2019 Jewish u0026amp; Israeli Film Festival here in Cincinnati, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this years. More often than not, the festivalu0026#39;s programming committee puts together a great slate of interesting and thought-provoking films. If you have a chance to see u0026quot;The Last Suitu0026quot;, do not miss it!”