
From the darkness of Hitler's Europe to the lush mountains of New York's Catskills, Four Seasons Lodge follows a community of Holocaust survivors who come together each summer at their beloved bungalow colony to dance, cook, fight and flirt - and celebrate their survival. Beautifully photographed by a team of cinematographers led by Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens), this unexpectedly funny film confronts sobering topics like aging, loss and the legacy of the Holoc... (Full plot summary below)
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From the darkness of Hitler's Europe to the lush mountains of New York's Catskills, Four Seasons Lodge follows a community of Holocaust survivors who come together each summer at their beloved bungalow colony to dance, cook, fight and flirt - and celebrate their survival. Beautifully photographed by a team of cinematographers led by Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens), this unexpectedly funny film confronts sobering topics like aging, loss and the legacy of the Holocaust, capturing the Lodgers' intoxicating passion for life as the fate of their colony hangs in the balance.
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| Sly FoxKam WilliamsOne of the most emotionally-evocative documentaries ever made about Holocaust survivors. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA joyous albeit at times melancholy look at Holocaust survivors who meet each summer at a mountain resort to kvell, kvetch and prove that living well and long is the best revenge against Hitler. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibThe pic serenely unfolds at the slow and steady pace of its indomitable subjects, ultimately rewarding viewers' patience as individual personalities and stories emerge amid the threatened sale of the Catskills colony. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectSupremely moving tale about holocaust survivors as well as the decline of the Borscht Belt. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranPerhaps the most remarkable thing this unexpectedly warm and affirmative film shows us about the survivors is that, far from blocking out their past, they've managed to enjoy these unexpected years despite continually living with their personal horrors. |
| Boston PhoenixMichael AtkinsonA poignant portrait of a Jewish summer community in the Catskills (one of a few where once there'd been hundreds) peopled almost entirely by elderly concentration-camp survivors. |
| Boxoffice MagazineMatthew NestelThe collective's flame burns bright and disrupts the darkness of a time that too many would soon rather forget. Luckily, we still care to remember. |
| Film-Forward.comNora Lee MandelA quietly revealing tribute to unique octogenarians: Holocaust survivors who have summered together for 25 years and the cinema vérité pioneer Albert Maysles. |
| Time OutAaron HillisWhat's most beautiful of all is that this document ensures that these people will indeed live on forever. Take that, Nazis! |
| New York TimesElla TaylorThe lyrically complicating hand of Mr. Maysles, who shot the film with several collaborators, is everywhere apparent in the way the camera picks a path around coherence, refusing narrative in favor of the thick detail of life unfolding. |