Jacob Kaplan lives an ordinary life in Uruguay. Like many of his other Jewish friends, Jacob fled Europe for South America during World War II. But now turning 76, he’s become grumpy and fed up with his life, community, and his family’s lack of interest in its own heritage. When a quiet, elderly German raises Mr. Kaplan’s suspicions of being a runaway Nazi, he ignores his family’s concerns and secretly recruits Contreras, a former police officer, to help him investigate. Together, they try to repeat the historic capture of Adolf Eichmann by unmasking and kidnapping the German and secretly taking him to Israel. Brechner’s entertaining black comedy is this year’s Uruguayan submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
MR. KAPLAN screens Saturday, February 7 at 5pm at the Roseway Theater and Tuesday, February 10 at 5:45pm at Regal Fox Tower 10 as part of the 38th Portland International Film Festival.
Tickets are available online or at the door.
The Portland International Film Festival is sponsored by The Oregonian/OREGONLIVE, LAIKA, Regal Entertainment Group, Delta Airlines, Yelp!, Travel Portland, King Estate, Hotel Modera, The Autzen Foundation, The Lamb-Baldwin Foundation, KINK.fm, and many others.
Leave a Reply