Eva Szende, membra in comitetul de conducere a Jewish Film Festival de la Vancouver ne recomanda filmul L’Affaire Finaly (2008 - TV)
In timpul celui de al doilea razboi mondial, copiii Finaly au fost ascunsi si salvati de directoarea unei gradinite franceze, domnisoara Brun, un act eroic pe vremea aceea. Parintii au pierit la Auschwitz. Matusa copiilor din Israel a revendicat custodia pentru copii, respectand ultima dorinta a parintilor. In acest moment incepe asa-zisa Afacere Finaly. Mlle Brun, animata de un spirit catolic marginit si de un antisemitism de factura religioasa, a botezat copiii, i-a trimis intr-un internat catolic si a refuzat ani de zile sa-i predea rudelor din Israel. N.Red.
In timpul celui de al doilea razboi mondial, copiii Finaly au fost ascunsi si salvati de directoarea unei gradinite franceze, domnisoara Brun, un act eroic pe vremea aceea. Parintii au pierit la Auschwitz. Matusa copiilor din Israel a revendicat custodia pentru copii, respectand ultima dorinta a parintilor. In acest moment incepe asa-zisa Afacere Finaly. Mlle Brun, animata de un spirit catolic marginit si de un antisemitism de factura religioasa, a botezat copiii, i-a trimis intr-un internat catolic si a refuzat ani de zile sa-i predea rudelor din Israel. N.Red.
The true story of the Finaly children: during the second world war, two Jewish children, Robert and Gérald Finaly, are hidden in a French orphanage, then entrusted to Antoinette Brun, a member of the resistance. Their parents are deported and die in the camps. At the end of the war, their aunt in Israel asks for the children according to the last wishes of their father. But Antoinette Brun refuses to give them up, has them baptized and raises them as Catholics. The story is quickly a media event and divides both civil society and the clergy. It is not until 1953 that the two boys are found and returned to their family. Robert and Gérald, both in their 60s, today live in Israel.
