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Finding Eléazar
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The 19th-century French opera La Juive—about a Jewish man who sees his
family destroyed by religious persecution—was banned in 1938 as part of the
Nazis' suppression of Jewish art. Paula Heil Fisher's documentary details the
show's 2003 rebirth, which attempts to make the old-world struggles of the
opera's central character resonate in modern times. The film strains to show
tenor Neil Shicoff (also a Jew) identifying with his character on a deeply
personal level. Yet the singer's main source of turmoil seems not to be his
religion, but his intense performance anxiety. As a result, it's the
filmmakers—who have also edited themselves into an oddly substantial portion of
the footage—who end up looking desperate.
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