Writer
Lithuania―circa 1941: An embittered elderly Shomer, a religious watchman responsible for guarding the souls of the dead before their burial, comes face-to-face with his long lost first love Leah when her dead body is wheeled into the morgue one fateful night. Time melts as he relives their days and nights spent hiding in a barn in Lithuania, fighting for survival as World War Two rages around them. Brought together in these extreme circumstances, what starts as mistrust develops into love, marriage and ultimately murder. In the end, the Shomer is able to find peace after a lifetime of regret by fulfilling a promise he made to the young Leah on their last night together. ~ Naomi Jaye. THE PIN is the first Yiddish film to be made in Canada, and was partly inspired by the writer/director’s late grandmother, Leah, whose personal phobia formed the core of this moving story.
Director
Lithuania―circa 1941: An embittered elderly Shomer, a religious watchman responsible for guarding the souls of the dead before their burial, comes face-to-face with his long lost first love Leah when her dead body is wheeled into the morgue one fateful night. Time melts as he relives their days and nights spent hiding in a barn in Lithuania, fighting for survival as World War Two rages around them. Brought together in these extreme circumstances, what starts as mistrust develops into love, marriage and ultimately murder. In the end, the Shomer is able to find peace after a lifetime of regret by fulfilling a promise he made to the young Leah on their last night together. ~ Naomi Jaye. THE PIN is the first Yiddish film to be made in Canada, and was partly inspired by the writer/director’s late grandmother, Leah, whose personal phobia formed the core of this moving story.
Writer
Louis, a reclusive caretaker, who is kept up every night by wild sex in the apartment above him, is obsessed with making dioramas of ideal suburban scenes. His isolation is broken when Harry, his 10-year-old neighbour decides they must find him a wife. Renee, Louis' perfect match magically appears, and his lessons on how to talk to girls begins. When Louis is ready to take the plunge he musters up all his courage and follows Renee hoping to introduce himself. To his dismay, he realizes that Renee works at a Peep Show and is forced to battle his prejudices and fears in order to find the family he is longing for.
Director
Louis, a reclusive caretaker, who is kept up every night by wild sex in the apartment above him, is obsessed with making dioramas of ideal suburban scenes. His isolation is broken when Harry, his 10-year-old neighbour decides they must find him a wife. Renee, Louis' perfect match magically appears, and his lessons on how to talk to girls begins. When Louis is ready to take the plunge he musters up all his courage and follows Renee hoping to introduce himself. To his dismay, he realizes that Renee works at a Peep Show and is forced to battle his prejudices and fears in order to find the family he is longing for.
Director
Librarian Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working amidst marginalized members of the public who populate her downtown public branch. When a burgeoning love-affair with Janko, a younger foreign cab driver coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters addressed to her, Miriam’s sheltered existence is cracked open.
Writer
Librarian Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working amidst marginalized members of the public who populate her downtown public branch. When a burgeoning love-affair with Janko, a younger foreign cab driver coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters addressed to her, Miriam’s sheltered existence is cracked open.
