Big Sonia

"Survivor. Grandma. Diva."

Nov 9 2016 N/A 1h 33m
Documentary, Family, History

In the last store in a defunct shopping mall, 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski – great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor – runs the tailor shop she’s owned for more than 30 years. But when she’s served an eviction notice, the specter of retirement prompts Sonia to resist her harrowing past as a refugee and witness to genocide.

Plot

In the last store in a defunct shopping mall, 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski - great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor - runs the tailor shop she's owned for more than thirty years. But when she's served an eviction notice, the specter of retirement prompts Sonia to revisit her harrowing past as a refugee and witness to genocide. A poignant story of generational trauma and healing, BIG SONIA also offers a laugh-out-loud-funny portrait of the power of love to triumph over bigotry, and the power of truth-telling to heal us all.

Written by

Eric Frith

Directed by

Todd Soliday, Leah Warshawski

Cast

Sonia Warshawski, SuEllen Fried, Caroline James Kennedy

Crew

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Languages

English

Awards

7 wins & 3 nominations

Trailers
Big Sonia Trailer 1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie
Scores
# of Votes
462
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
71
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