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Film@UC's "The Memory Thief" Steals the Screen

Bizarre Psychological Thriller with Roots in Holocaust

Written By Katie Prue '10, PR Intern

Contact - cleogrande@utica.edu

Utica, NY (09/22/2009) - “What if your past…belongs to someone else?” Lukas, a young tollbooth clerk, never expected his life to change during yet another monotonous day at work. Little did he know that his life and his perception of the world were about to change drastically after chance encounters with both a Neo-Nazi and a survivor of the Holocaust. In the film The Memory Thief, director Gil Kofman hooks the audience in this bizarre psychological thriller that takes an unorthodox approach regarding the Holocaust. Film@UC will screen the feature in Macfarlane Auditorium on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. The screening is free and open to the public. 
  
While working yet another day as a tollbooth clerk in California, Lukas bides his time until his shift is over. That is until one bigoted driver deposits a copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf instead of his fare. Curious, Lukas picks up the book and begins to skim which catches the attention of another driver who happens to be a Holocaust survivor. The survivor mistakenly assumes that Lukas is a Neo-Nazi and hands him a videocassette of his testimony about his Holocaust experiences. As a result, Lukas, who is devoid of any real memories of his own, embraces delusions that he is not only Jewish, but has also survived the Holocaust. His misconceptions take him on a terrifying journey where his obsession spirals out of control. He loses himself in all things Holocaust and eventually becomes emotionally involved with the daughter of an actual survivor. 
  
The film has been touted by the New York Times as “morally audacious and intriguingly original.” For more information about this feature and the Film@UC series, visit www.utica.edu/film@uc

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