The Spring 2024 IIJS Film Series began on Monday, February 12, with writer-director Rodrigo Cortés, who joined us via Zoom to discuss his latest film, Love Gets a Room (2021).
Inspired by true events, Love Gets a Room is the story of a Jewish stage actress who must make the gut-wrenching decision to follow her heart or escape the Warsaw Ghetto in the midst of a performance by her beleaguered theater company. Moving nimbly between the stage, the theater corridors, and the bleak Ghetto outside, Love Gets a Room balances life-and-death struggle with the art we create to survive and transcend it. (103 minutes; English with open captions)
Born in Spain, Rodrigo Cortés is a Goya-Award-Winning writer, director, and editor of the internationally-produced films Concursante, Buried (starring Ryan Reynolds), Red Lights (starring Sigourney Weaver and Robert DeNiro), and Down a Dark Hall.
Rodrigo Cortés’ discussion with IIJS Film Series Coordinator Stuart Weinstock is available to view in full below.
This event was made possible by the generosity of the Kaye and Radov families.
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