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Canneseries’ ‘The Zweiflers’ Is Not About Being Jewish but About Love, Legacy, Finding Your Own Identity: ‘I Wanted to Do a Jewish ‘Sopranos’!’
‘Triangle of Sadness’’ Sunnyi Melles, co-star Aaron Altaras, creator David Hadda on ‘The Zweiflers’, showcased at Canneseries.
Picked by Variety as one of the hottest shows at MipTV, ZDF Studios ’ comedy drama “The ‘Zweiflers” about a colourful, dysfunctional yet loving Jewish family in contemporary Germany, had a rapturous reception April 7 at its world screening in Canneseries. The idea was to change the narrative from the victims’ perspective in Germany to a Jewish patriarch and Holocaust survivor who had lost everything – and everyone, and then came back to rebuild his life. Asked whether they felt this contemporary tale of a Jewish family was all the more important to tell at a time when war in Gaza fuels anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, the cast and showrunner were unanimous in their message of peace and mutual understanding.
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