Chaja & Mimi

Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons have been best friends for 83 years. Born and raised in Berlin, they fled to Palestine with their families in 1934 to escape the Nazi regime. They talk about their complicated feelings toward with Berlin in a Tel Aviv café where they meet everyday. A film about friendship, homeland, and identity.

Keywords

  • Label: docfilm42
  • achtung berlin – new berlin film award
  • Aging
  • europe
  • friendship
  • history
  • immigration
  • middle east
  • women

Actors

  • Chaja Herta Florentin
  • Mimi Frons

Director

  • Eric Esser

Documentary, Shorts


10min


16+

DE

Germany
Israel
2009
Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons have been best friends for 83 years. Born and raised in Berlin, they fled to Palestine with their families in 1934 to escape the Nazi regime.

Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons have been best friends for 83 years. Born and raised in Berlin, they fled to Palestine with their families in 1934 to escape the Nazi regime.


They talk about their complicated feelings toward with Berlin in a Tel Aviv café where they meet everyday. A film about friendship, homeland, and identity.

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Cast & Crew