Punch Me in the Stomach
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Overview
- Genre
- Cultural History, Docu-Fiction, Religion, and Human Rights
- Synopsis
Adapted from the successful 36 character off-Broadway play, Punch Me in the Stomach, is the triumph of one man a Polish born concentration camp survivor, as told by his comedienne daughter, Deb.
Deb Filler gives a virtuoso performance as she magically transforms herself into the various members of her extended family. Her family is our family. There is something strangely familiar about all of them. Through her uncanny gift if mimicry, she expresses humour, love, passion and pathos in character after character.
Punch Me in the Stomach travels to New Zealand, New York with utmost poignancy, journeys back to Poland, to Auschwitz, where father and daughter revisit the camps together. There they end their voyage of discovery. It is a voyage filled with pain- a voyage that ends miraculously in healing laughter, not just for them, but for the audience as well."Extraordinary work, extraordinary story teller...We laugh, we weep"
The Village Voice- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 72 and 58 minutes
Credits
- Francine Zuckerman ... Director, Producer
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Z films inc.
- Country
- Canada
- Years of Production
- 1996
- Locations
- Canada and New Zealand
- Prod. Partners
- Zee Films, New Zealand, New Zealand on Air
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 1996
- Festivals
- Official selection of the London International Film Festival; Official selection of the Madrid International Film Festival; ]Official selection of the Melbourne International Film Festival; Seattle’s International Film Festival - Women in Cinema series
- Distribution
- National Center for Jewish Film
- Broadcast (Prod.)
- CBC, TV3 New Zealand
- Broadcast (Acq.)
- PBS
- Language
- English
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