Storyline
In the last store in a defunct shopping mall, 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski - great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor - runs the tailor shop she's owned for more than thirty years. But when she's served an eviction notice, the specter of retirement prompts Sonia to revisit her harrowing past as a refugee and witness to genocide. A poignant story of generational trauma and healing, BIG SONIA also offers a laugh-out-loud-funny portrait of the power of love to triumph over bigotry, and the power of truth-telling to heal us all.
Cast: Sonia Warshawski -
Herself
SuEllen Fried -
Herself
Caroline Kennedy -
Herself
Regina Kort -
Herself
Debbie Warshawski -
Herself
Morrie Warshawski -
Himself
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Rating: 10/10
Big Sonia was one of those serendipitous finds that refocuses the
impact of the Holocaust and its repercussions in not only Sonia's
family but all those whose come into contact with Big Sonia.
Recently, while feeling nostalgic about my Ohio roots, I learned about
Big Sonia playing at the Cleveland Film Festival. And this is what
grabbed me by the heart and shook me to the core (and I'm not prone to
hyperbole):
"Standing tall at 4'8′, Sonia Warshawki is a business owner of a
beloved 35-year-old store facing eviction because of a dying mall. But
at 91 years old, she is also – one of the last remaining Holocaust
survivors in Kansas City. Sonia's enormous personality and fragile
frame mask the horrors she endured at 15..."
At that point, I was all in to catch the film when it made it to
California and this indie-film-that-could does not disappoint. Be ready
to walk away with a renewed awe of the human spirit to endure and grow
and spark change.
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