Toronto Jewish Film Festival: Mariana's Room

Toronto Public Library is partnering with the Toronto Jewish Film Festival to make a limited number of complimentary tickets available to select screenings at this year's festival. Simply register for your ticket on Eventbrite, and give your name at the theatre box office for admission.

An elegant adaptation of Aharon Appelfeld’s award-winning 2006 novel Blooms of Darkness, Mariana's Room tells the story of twelve-year-old Hugo, who is taken in by his mother’s friend, Mariana (Mélanie Thierry), a beautiful sex worker at a brothel in WW2 Ukraine frequented mostly by German soldiers. Director Emmanuel Finkiel delivers a complex and detailed coming-of-age drama, exploring the uneasy spaces between life and death, good and evil, and maternal and sexual love.

Please Note: Registration will close 24 hours prior to the screening time.

If complimentary tickets are sold out here, tickets may still be available for purchase on the or at the box office.

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