I Am Here(2022)

PG-13
Rated PG-13 for Holocaust-related thematic content, disturbing images and violence
1h 16m

Release Date: Mar 11, 2022 | Limited

Ella is not your average 98-year-old. Her magnetic personality makes her past even more surprising. Follow this spirited South African Holocaust survivor as she reveals her astonishing life journey and unwavering appreciation of life.

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Releases

Original Release | Mar 11, 2022

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$24,103
Total US & Canada:
$40,445
Total International
$8,431
Total Worldwide:
$48,876

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Director & Top Cast

Jordy Sank
Director

Jeong In-gi
Woong-sik

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Scope

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: South Africa

Language: English,Yiddish,Hebrew

Summaries

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A life-affirming documentary that celebrates the remarkable life of Ella Blumenthal. At her 98th birthday celebrations she opens up to close friends and family about her story of survival during the Holocaust, in a way she has never done before. Her recollections, depicted through dynamic 2D animation, include tales of three concentration camps, and of narrowly escaping death in a gas chamber. Along with uplifting stories, like Ella dissuading her niece from ending her life. The animation is juxtaposed with present day footage of Ella performing her weekly spiritual rituals, being active in the swimming pool and walking on the promenade in Cape Town. She is not your average grandmother, her vivacious personality and her positive outlook on life is truly inspiring. A universal message of resilience - as Ella is the epitome of the will to survive. This film could not be more relevant in a world that still defines itself by what is other. This powerful film offers a portrait of 98-year-old Polish Holocaust survivor Ella Blumenthal , whose vibrance and vitality has not been dimmed by either age or the weight of the terrible events she has endured. As Ella recounts her experience of the Holocaust, the corresponding events are rendered in sensitively drawn animation. The film follows Ella, who was a young adult at the time, from her happy life as a Polish teenager to the horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto and on to Auschwitz, where she narrowly escaped the gas chambers. At a time when Holocaust denialism has gained fringe legitimacy, this is an important film and a counter to those who deny the horrors of history. In documenting Ella's narrative of survival and transcendence, the film provides a viscerally personal account of an historical event that is all too easily abstracted into ideology.