BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20190129T070622Z DTSTAMP:20190129T070622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T135934Z DESCRIPTION:(Spain\, 2017\, 96 min.\, color\, DVD\, NR\,\nsubtitled)Starring Noemie\nSchmidt and Nausicaa BonninBased on the true story of Elisabeth Eidenbenz\n(1913-2011) and her female co-workers who saved the lives of almost 600 infants\nin World War II.In the early 1940's\, refugees from all over\nEurope seek shelter in South Western France\, escaping persecution from the\nNazis and from Franco's regime in Spain. Among them\, there are countless women\,\nsome of them pregnant\, and their little children. The camps are in horrendous\nshape with refugees holding out with no protection from the cold. With no\nfurther ado\, young Red Cross nurse Elisabeth Eidenbenz breathes new life into\nan old villa. By transforming it into a birth clinic she saves the lives of\nmothers and children from certain death. Despite all hardship\, the villa\nbecomes a safe haven resounding with the children's laughter. But soon threats\nfrom without and within take shape: Authorities in Nazi-occupied France demand\nthat she hand over all Jewish refugees and their children\, while Elisabeth's\ndeputy Victoria sides with the Résistance partisans – a worthy cause but one\nthat puts at stake the lives of everyone in the maternity. – Menemsha Films\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Silvia Quer has stated she wishes the film to have a message for the\n21st Century\, an age of displaced persons and refugees. However\, the story\nnever spouts a didactic ideology. Rather\, it reflects Eidenbenz’s simple reason\nfor working so hard to create a haven of hope amid surrounding despair\,\nsomething the Swiss citizen articulated during an interview: “Neither misery\nnor unhappiness have a homeland.” – Alan Gerstle\, The Critical Critics\, 11/29/2018This program is made possible in part with public\nfunds from the Electronic Media and Film Program of the State of the New York\nState Council of the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New\nYork State Legislature. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
(Spain\, 2017\, 96 min.\, color\, DVD\, NR\,\nsubtitled)
Starring Noemie\nSchmidt and Nausicaa Bonnin
Based on the true story of Elisabeth Eidenbenz\n(1913-2011) and her female co-workers who saved the lives of almost 600 infants\nin World War II.
In the early 1940's\, refugees from all over\nEurope seek shelter in South Western France\, escaping persecution from the\nNazis and from Franco's regime in Spain. Among them\, there are countless women\,\nsome of them pregnant\, and their little children. The camps are in horrendous\nshape with refugees holding out with no protection from the cold. With no\nfurther ado\, young Red Cross nurse Elisabeth Eidenbenz breathes new life into\nan old villa. By transforming it into a birth clinic she saves the lives of\nmothers and children from certain death. Despite all hardship\, the villa\nbecomes a safe haven resounding with the children's laughter. But soon threats\nfrom without and within take shape: Authorities in Nazi-occupied France demand\nthat she hand over all Jewish refugees and their children\, while Elisabeth's\ndeputy Victoria sides with the Résistance partisans – a worthy cause but one\nthat puts at stake the lives of everyone in the maternity. – Menemsha Films
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Silvia Quer has stated she wishes the film to have a message for the\n21st Century\, an age of displaced persons and refugees. However\, the story\nnever spouts a didactic ideology. Rather\, it reflects Eidenbenz’s simple reason\nfor working so hard to create a haven of hope amid surrounding despair\,\nsomething the Swiss citizen articulated during an interview: “Neither misery\nnor unhappiness have a homeland.” – Alan Gerstle\, The Critical Critics\, 11/29/2018
This program is made possible in part with public\nfunds from the Electronic Media and Film Program of the State of the New York\nState Council of the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New\nYork State Legislature.