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Persona Non Grata
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Persona Non Grata

Chiune Sugihara is a Japanese diplomat posted in Lithuania. He is also a world-class spy. In Lithuania, he and his partner, Pesh, gather intelligence on European affairs. As WWII began and Germany invaded Poland, hordes of Jewish refugees fled to Lithuania. In search of transit visas, they turn to Sugihara who is torn between his…

Category: Asia, Drama, History, Holocaust, Jewish Film, Jewish Highlights, War
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Description

Best Feature Film
Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival

Special Jury Prize for Social Justice
and Excellence in Filmmaking
Disorient Film Festival

Official Selection
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Warsaw Jewish Film Festival

Synopsis

 

Chiune Sugihara is a Japanese diplomat posted in Lithuania. He is also a world-class spy. In Lithuania, he and his partner, Pesh, gather intelligence on European affairs. As WWII began and Germany invaded Poland, hordes of Jewish refugees fled to Lithuania. In search of transit visas, they turn to Sugihara who is torn between his loyalty to his country and his loyalty to mankind.

Director

Director

Cellin Gluck (Director) Born and spending his ‘formative years’ in Japan and Iran, Cellin graduated from the Canadian Academy in Kobe before attending the Claremont Colleges, graduating from Pitzer College with honors from the Pomona College Theatre Department. Using his bicultural heritage to its fullest, he has spent the past 28+ years in film production with a particular emphasis on Japan. First advertising agency producer, to commercial director, then moving to films as an assistant director to Ridley Scott, Roger Spottiswoode, Mike Figgis, Sean Cunnigham and Robert Zemeckis among others. Cellin believes his multi-cultural upbringing and his own diverse ‘composition’ gives him an innate sensibility for things both Eastern and Western. Allowing him to bridge cultures visually, viscerally and artistically as well as emotionally.

Additional information

Length

139 min

Release year

2015

Countries of origin

Japan, Poland, US

Languages

Japanese, English

Subtitle

English

Genre

Fiction, History, War

Educational Pricing (DVD/Blu-Ray)

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