Synopsis
Israel, Haifa 2015. Old women prepare for an event. They are told how to walk, they wear numbers and try to succeed in the selection process. These women are Holocaust survivors. And the event is a beauty pageant. During the course of the preparations the ladies reveal their motivations to take part in the pageant. Some of them do it to forget, to live a normal life. Or to be in the spotlight at least for this short moment. Others – to remind young(er) people of Holocaust, because history repeats itself when people forget. The evening has come: the Contestants are nervous, the announcer too.
The bizarre show takes its course. Madonna is coming off the player and the ladies do their ‘job’. But nobody seems to be interested. The food is too good. The jury is too busy texting messages.
The dishes are rattling, the audience is chattering loudly. More than once, the host begs the spectators to listen to the women. With little success. Their messages to the world are said and fade away in the insignificance. At last a new Miss Holocaust is elected. The joy is brief. The ballroom is tied up quickly. Tomorrow is another day. The ladies can go home. How can one sustain the remembrance of Holocaust, when the interest in the stories of the survivors is so little. Are we fed up? Have we seen too much of it? Is the Holocaust celebration only an end in itself? And reminding of: “that it will never happen again” is meaningless?
