Reviews & Quotes | GIMPEL THE FOOL RETURNS TO POLAND
Hadas Laor Ashur
"A fascinating, artistic and effective combination blending four mediums - literature and history, theater and cinema. Howard Rypp plays both fictional and realistic roles in the film, from the past and and present, brilliantly presents a dialogue between the Jewish world before the Holocaust and the physical evidence left after from the Holocaust - but more importantly, he brings the viewers together with the manifestations of anti-Semitism alive in Poland today, as well as with their attempts at denial. The film has added value, as it allows young audiences to get to know the great writer Yitzhak Bashevis Singer, and to become familiar with basic concepts in Jewish and general culture. A poetic work, yet poignant and contemporary, and undoubtedly provoking discussion".
"A fascinating, artistic and effective combination blending four mediums - literature and history, theater and cinema. Howard Rypp plays both fictional and realistic roles in the film, from the past and and present, brilliantly presents a dialogue between the Jewish world before the Holocaust and the physical evidence left after from the Holocaust - but more importantly, he brings the viewers together with the manifestations of anti-Semitism alive in Poland today, as well as with their attempts at denial. The film has added value, as it allows young audiences to get to know the great writer Yitzhak Bashevis Singer, and to become familiar with basic concepts in Jewish and general culture. A poetic work, yet poignant and contemporary, and undoubtedly provoking discussion".