DJFF: The Last Suit

Director: Pablo Solarz

2017/Spain, Argentina/92 minutes; Spanish, Yiddish, German, and Polish with English subtitles

At 88, Abraham Bursztein is seeing his place in the world rapidly disappear. His kids have sold his Buenos Aires residence, set him up to move to a retirement home, and disagree on how to handle his fading health. But Abraham survived the Holocaust, made a successful life in a foreign land and isn’t about to quietly fade away.  Instead, he plots a secret one-way trip to Poland, where he plans to find the Christian friends who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II, and to keep his promise to return one day.

Comedic and poignant in equal measure, journeying from Argentina to Spain, across Germany and finally to Poland, Abraham is on his own but also accompanied by the characters he meets along the way, who both help him and need his help. A standout among these is the iconic Spanish actress, Angela Molina, as the proprietor of the Madrid hotel where Abraham stays.  With its Klezmer-driven score, evocative cinematography and fast pace, The Last Suit approaches it weighty themes with a light touch that illuminates a serious story. And in its mix of Spanish, Yiddish, German and Polish,  it is a globe-trotting surprise, a late-in-life road movie with planes, trains, and a big heart.

Denver Premiere

$55 Includes champagne and hors d’oeuvres reception and film screening. Regularly-priced film-only tickets are also available for purchase in the balcony.

$14 Adult. Balcony only.

$12 Student/Senior. Balcony only.

VIP Opening Night Reception. Go to jccdenver.org/film for more info.