• Run time: 5 minutes 15 seconds
• Original title: Mama, L'Chaim!
• Country of origin: Germany

Rotterdam International Film Festival. January 27 - February 07, 2010

Virginia Festival of Jewish Film January 23-31, 2010

Synopsis:

Mama, L’Chaim! portrays the life of 63 year old Chaim, who lives together with his 96 year old mother, a concentration camp survivor, in an Jewish elderly home in Antwerpen.

They are both lively and funny characters, we follow the pain of the Holocaust and laughter of their everyday existence as, with faith and humour, they keep going, never giving up hope.

From a drug dealer, Hippy, Business man in New York, Millionaire and chess master to a 24 h caretaker of his mother, Chaim, the son, could never really live his own life and fulfill his potential.

The film takes a non-judgemental look at the way in which the Holocaust continues to affect the lives of the children of survivors.

Mama, L’Chaim! screened at more than 30 film festivals in 2009 and won 1st Prize at the Los Angeles Holocaust Museum International Short Film Competition.
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• Director:

  Elkan Spiller

• Writer(s):

  Elkan Spiller

• Producer(s):

  Elkan Spiller

• Director of Photography:

  Virgnie Saint Martin, Ron Ramirez

• Cast and Credits:

  Chaim and Nechuma Lubelski

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