75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Ray Conlogue
What always feels genuine, movingly so, are the faces of the school children caught up in their account of the unforgotten past.
Inside Hana's Suitcase
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- Canada,
- Czech Republic,
- Germany
- 2009
- · 88m
Director
Larry Weinstein
Cast
Jindřiška Hanusová,
Linda Drexlerová,
Daniel Hájek,
Karim Tarakji,
Nikol Fischerová,
Radek Koula
Genre
Documentary,
Drama
A poignant docu-drama about a battered old suitcase that arrives at the Holocaust Museum in Tokyo from Auschwitz, and the story it has to tell about two young children who grew up in pre-WWII Czechoslovakia. Based on the internationally acclaimed book by Karen Levine.
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75
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer
Although their responses too often seem rehearsed, their innocence is touching and redemptive.
75
Boston Globe by Loren King
In the end, what makes Inside Hana's Suitcase so powerful is the most traditional technique of all: authentic and eloquent storytelling by memorable characters.
60
Village Voice by Nick Schager
A documentary saga of heartbreaking concentration-camp horrors, Inside Hana's Suitcase attempts to preserve Holocaust memories through frustratingly fractured means.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Subject matter this powerfully charged shouldn't feel like a study aid.
50
The New York Times
It would be odd not to feel something about Hana and the Brady family, but Inside Hana's Suitcase feels more like a historical teaching aid than like a great movie.
50
The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold
It would be odd not to feel something about Hana and the Brady family, but Inside Hana's Suitcase feels more like a historical teaching aid than like a great movie.
25
Slant Magazine by Chuck Bowen
A film relating a story of the Holocaust is destined to provoke a number of adjectives, but "cloying" shouldn't be one of them.
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