Vera
NEW DOCS
Having retired to the countryside outside Rome, 87-year old Vera Martin single-handedly raises thoroughbreds, zestfully doing the heavy labor herself. The fates of two newborn foals take center stage in Vera’s life and the film. The former journalist, fluent in ten languages, tells her life story as stunning you-are-there footage of a colt’s birth plays on the screen—her happy childhood in the former Yugoslavia, her escape from the Fascists and into Italy at the age of 16, her dawning realization that she was the only member of her extended Croatian Jewish family to survive the Holocaust. The twin themes of loss and renewal are held aloft by the resolute spirit, wit, and grace of this extraordinary woman. NK
Director
Francesca Melandri
Producer
Roberto Levy
Editor
Ilaria de Laurentiis
Cinematographer
Sabrina Varani
Release Year
2010
Festival Year
2011
Country
Italy
Run Time
48 minutes
Premiere
North American Premiere