• Title:
• The Two of Us

• Director:
• Claude Berri

• French with English subtitles

• France, 90 min

• Venue:
• AFI Silver Theater

• Purchase Tickets:
• Show 1 is Sold Out.

“I was eight years old and already a Jew.”  In Occupied France, 1944, the Langmann family disguise their Jewishness, but for safety’s sake send young Claude (impish Alain Cohen) to live in the country with a friend’s elderly parents.  Given a new name, quickly taught the Lord’s Prayer, and instructed to keep his (circumcised) “little birdie” out of sight, Claude is at first guarded in his behavior. Lovingly gruff “Grampa” Michel Simon soon pulls Claude out of his shell, and the two become fast friends.  But Grampa has some strong opinions about Jews. The first feature by Claude Berri, based on his own wartime childhood, is a triumph of tactful sentiment over mawkish sentimentality.

Co-sponsored by the AFI Silver Theatre and the Embassy of France

• Purchase Tickets:
• Show 1 is Sold Out.

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