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The Last Picture Show in Bucharest aka Nelson

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A feature film. In 1941 the Bucharest Pogrom breaks out at local cinema. A ten year old Jewish boy is an eye witness to his father's murder by his next door neighbor, the leader of the fascist militia. After surviving the massacre of Romania's Jews postwar Romania does not join the pursuit for justice. The young boy emigrates to the state of Israel.. Learning that his father's killer is now fighting in Vietnam with the French Foreign Legion while he is fulfilling his own military service in Israel, hedeserts and embarks on a quest for truth, justice, and revenge. This saga unfolds at the 1955 Court Martial in which he stands accused of desertion for 846 days. The film is inspired by a true story