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Literary Festival/Screening Room--Adam Resurrected
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DC Premiere Introduction and post-film discussion with Pamela S. Nadell, the Inaugural Patrick Clendenen Professor of History and Director of the Jewish Studies Program at American University. By 1961, former Berlin magician and circus impresario Adam Stein (Jeff Goldblum) is a charismatic, enigmatic patient at a remote Israeli rehabilitation outpost for Holocaust survivors. Clairvoyant, sophisticate and lothario, Stein veers from brilliance to eroticism, horror and madness, with flashbacks to the physical and psychological demoralization he endured as Commandant Klein’s (Willem Dafoe) “dog” in the Stellring death camp. Stein has everyone stymied and overawed, until an unusual new patient helps him break free from the grip of his relentless torment. A challenging, thought-provoking film for mature audiences. “A fearless film. Jeff Goldblum is nothing short of dazzling.” —Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal Presented in partnership with the 16th Street J’s Screening Room. Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel, American University’s Center for Israel Studies and Jewish Studies Program and the Goethe-Institut.
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Monday, October 19
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