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Eleanor the Great
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November 23:3:00 pm, 5:00 pm, 7:00 pmNovember 24:5:00 pm, 7:00 pmThe film follows Eleanor Morgenstein (Squibb), a 94-year-old woman forced to return to New York and move in with her daughter Lisa (Jessica Hecht) after her best friend Bessie (Rita Zohar) unexpectedly dies. The transition proves difficult when the nonagenarian realizes that no one has any time for her. In an attempt to find community, Eleanor looks for activities at her local Jewish Community Center, where her daughter has signed her up for singing classes. An awkward misunderstanding lands her in a group for Holocaust survivors, and instead of correcting the mistake, Eleanor adopts her dead best friend’s Holocaust survival stories as her own. This leads Eleanor to befriend Nina (Erin Kellyman), a 19-year-old journalism student who wants to write about Eleanor’s experiences… -The Hollywood Reporter
“The film allows [Squibb] a complexity rarely afforded to elderly characters. She radiates warmth in scenes with Kellyman, serving as a wise and witty grandmotherly figure, and exhibits sharp comedic timing when playing opposite Jessica Hecht.”-Washington Post

