Esther´s Book
Esther´s Bok
Colour, 35 mm
Sweden, 2004, 15 min
Section: Documentary Competition
| Director: | Esaias Baitel |
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| Screenplay: | Esaias Baitel |
| Dir. of Photography: | Harry Tuvanen |
| Editor: | Alberto Hersckovits |
| Producer: | Freddy Olsson |
| Production: | Bokomotiv - de Geer and Olsson AB |
| Sales: | Telepicture Marketing |
| Contact: | Swedish Film Institute |
Synopsis
A love story about power, intrigue, and courage. In the book of Esther, which relates events that took place nearly 3,000 years ago in Persia, Queen Esther and her uncle Mordecai triumph over Prince Haman’s plot to annihilate their people. The holiday of Purim celebrates the Jew’s miraculous victory over Evil. Shot over the course of fifteen years, photographer and filmmaker Esaias Baitel’s documentary records how the inhabitants of Jerusalem’s ultra-orthodox quarters honour this holiday. Esther’s Book is a documentary about unshakable faith, optimism and unrestrained manifestations of joy – the essence of Purim.
About the director
Esaias Baitel (b. 1949, Trelleborg, Sweden) was born into a Polish-Lithuanian family which fled to Sweden from the Nazi threat. He graduated from Uppsala University and in the following 25 years gained international fame working as a photographer in New York, Paris and Jerusalem. The Zone took last year’s award for a documentary under 30 minutes long at Karlovy Vary.
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