Wilmington Jewish Film Festival

10th Annual Film Festival

Schedule:

Irena’s Vow at 7pm

Director: Louise Archambault

Year: 2023

Run Time: 121 minutes

Country: Canada / Poland

Language: English

Genre: Drama

Warsaw, 1939: when the Nazis invade Poland, nurse Irena Gut (Sophie Nélisse) is displaced and forced to work in support of the German war effort, eventually assigned to run the home of a Nazi commandant (Dougray Scott). Instead of following the path of least resistance and gambling on her status and ethnicity to keep her safe, Gut risks everything to save a dozen Jewish refugees from persecution and murder, sheltering them under her boss’s nose. With anti-semitism proudly elbowing its way back onto the national stage, it sadly feels urgent and necessary to give this story a dramatic spotlight