Teicholz Film Series: Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Wed, Jul 15
|The Goldrich Cultural Center
In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fascism, they must ultimately face the horrors of the Holocaust.
Time & Location
Jul 15, 2026, 6:30 PM
The Goldrich Cultural Center, 100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
About
Set at the outbreak of War, Vittorio De Sica's film tells the story of the Finzi-Continis, an aristocratic Jewish Family protected by the walls of their idyllic estates. Whilst outside Mussolini bans Jews from tennis courts, the Finzi-Continis are not worried as they rally on their own, living in their dreamland. Giorgio is the middle-class Jew in love with his childhood friend, Micòl of the Finzi-Continis family, but she is in love with a gentile and wanting of experiences outlawed by the new government. With Giorgio's separation of Micòl, De Sica tracks the loss of an idyllic way of life, from the tennis courts to the waiting rooms where Jews await transportation to the concentration camps.
Release: 1970 (Italy)
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Run time: 94 minutes
Watch the trailer HERE
Following the screening is a live conversation and Q&A, moderated by journalist Tom Teicholz. Panelists to be announced.
