The next two films showing at Gloucester Guildhall are both Oscar nominated. The first film In Darkness is an adaptation of the book by Robert Marshall. This film is a dramatisation of the true story of one man’s rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. The story focuses on Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death.
It was Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, from acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland and based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something entirely unexpected as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience.
In Darkness was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film in the 2011 Oscars. Along with this nomination the film has had a presence at various film festivals, during which the film won the audience award at St. Louis International Film Festival and has been nominated for it at Dublin International film festival.
The actor Robert Wieckiewicz, who in the film plays Leopold Socha, is a well-known Polish actor. The director Agnieszka Holland is again a well-known director. She is the director of The Killing (English language) and some episodes of The Wire.
Have a look at the trailer (below):
In Darkness is screening on:
Monday 28th and Wednesday 30th at 7.45pm
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