The Jewish Cardinal (movie)
Le métis de Dieu- User score: 7.2
- Production country: France
- Producer: Ilan Duran Cohen
- Production companies: ARTE, A Plus Image 4, ARTE France Cinéma
- Genre: Drama, History
- Release date: 1/24/2013
- Run time: 96 min.
Movie description
The Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age, and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church, Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope John Paul II―and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew, earning him both friends and enemies from either group. When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz, Lustiger finds himself a mediator between the two communities―and he may be forced, at last, to choose his side.
