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Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
Balcony Releasing
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Meri Roth,
Marcela Nohynkova,
Zdenek Kozakovic,
Zdenek Astr,
Jindrich Hinke,
Monika Malacova,
Andrej Polak,
and
Akiva Zasman
Blessed Is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, she joined a mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. With unprecedented access to the Senesh family archive, this powerful story unfolds through the writings and photographs of Hannah and Catherine Senesh. (Balcony Releasing)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Sophie Sartain
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Roberta Grossman
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: January 28, 2009
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| RUNNING TIME: |
minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
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60
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Senesh was a budding writer, and her poems and diary entries add flavor to an already dramatic tale in Roberta Grossman's Blessed Is the Match.
60
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
A limited amount of original footage -- awkwardly enhanced with reenactments -- gives the film a somewhat narrow focus. But in a way, the dry tone fits.
50
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Because Senesh died so young, it's hard to fill out a film of nearly 90 minutes that claims her as the subject, so director Grossman has resorted to using newsreel footage as well as re-creations, which, though discreet, add nothing special to the proceedings.
50
Village Voice
Ella Taylor
An ungainly hybrid of straight-up documentary and ingenuous reenactment.
50
The New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Documents courage, but steers clear of character.
50
New York Post
Staff (Not credited)
Tells us just about everything we might want to know about her - except why she did what she did. That important information will have to wait for another film.
50
NPR
Bob Mondello
The title is drawn from a verse Hannah wrote just before she was captured -- and that impulse is enough to sustain audience interest.
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