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Jean-Charles Levy is known for Race (2016), Last Seen Alive (2022) and Incident in a Ghostland (2018).
- Producer, Additional Crew, Executive
- Jean-Charles Levy
Jean-Charles Levy is known as an Producer, Executive Producer, Co-Producer, and Associate Producer. Some of their work includes Ghostland, Race, The Tall Man, The Deep House, Overdrive, A Bag of Marbles, The Last Mercenary, and The Love Punch.
With 20 years of experience in the media industry, Jean-Charles Lévy started as financial consultant for Arthur Andersen before joining TF1 for 10 years, including 5 years as President of TF1 USA in Los Angeles.
- The Marketplace, Shul and Houses All seem Authentic
- Astonishingly, The Entire Film Is Done in One Single Take
- Despite Its Authenticity, Some Moments Feel Out of Place
- The Set Was Supposed to Be Turned Into A Museum
Unlike the majority of films about Jewish life of an earlier era, all the dialogue in SHTTLis in the languages that would actually have been used by the characters: Yiddish and Ukrainian. The filmmakers did a stunning job of recreating the shtetl itself. The marketplace, shul and the houses all seem authentic. The actors look like ordinary people, ...
Many Yiddish films have been made in the hundred-odd years since the birth of Yiddish cinema, but this is the most ambitious production, utilizing a very broad scope. Instead of filming it as a series of intercut close-ups — the television-influenced style that’s been the norm since the 1960s — Walter wanted something different. Although he had nev...
SHTTLis a remarkable movie. But it’s flawed, too. The Yiddish, for example, is a mixed bag. Although the dialogue is well written, the actors’ ability to deliver it runs the gamut from authentic Yiddish speech to awkward phonetics. But perhaps that’s nitpicking; had the movie been made in English, it would have felt phony and generic. A few moments...
That being said, this incredibly impressive production does get so much right.Surprisingly, it was filmed in Ukraine, with a Ukrainian crew, and supported by the Ukrainian State Film Agency, despite Ukraine’s appalling history of antisemitism. But as we know, that’s not the Ukraine of today, which the Pew organization has found to be one of the lea...
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Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 43 min (in credits: Jean-Charles Lévy) United States, France, Canada • Julien Magnat
May 22, 2022 · Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris star in Thomas M. Wright's contemporary true crime-based drama about low-level gangsters in Outback Australia.
