Yonatan Geron

A-22103

Yonatan Geron

A 22 years old Holocaust video testimony by Yudith Arnon a past choreographer and one of the first pioneers of the Israeli Dance, constitute a starting point to a nonlinear and unusual story line and explores new findings and personal artistic commentary by the director and the main characters in her private and professional life in order to preserve, understand and spread her life story. The movie combines both documentary and experimental aspects and style, dealing with question about memory, and the connection between body and movement. the film focuses on 3 stories from Yudith's Holocaust experience, her encounter with Dr Mengele, an unusual act of women reacting to cold and the last, her refusal to dance for the Nazis and the punishment that follow.