Lève-toi et va

Kishinev, April 1903. 
A terrible pogrom took place in this Russian Empire town.  For three days, Jews were massacred, women were raped and properties ipillaged.
Famed poet Haim Nacham Bialik went to Kishinev in the immediate aftermath of the pogrom. Deeply moved by his encounter with the victims, he wrote his masterpiece, a poem titled In the City of Slaughter. He instructs the reader: "Arise and go!" 
One hundred years later, Zohar Wexler heard the call and went to Kishinev.
As an actor, Zohar wanted this poem which has haunted him and that he had staged, to resonate in Kishinev. He becomes the character of his own quest. 
He finds himself wandering the streets of Kishinev, filming the remains of a long-lost Jewish world, eating at colorful market stalls of today’s capital of Moldavia, one of the poorest European countries. He discovers the synagogue where his ancestors prayed, and which has become… a theater. But the theater refuses to open its doors to his show. In Moldova, people do not want to hear about this violent past. Until one day...
Chronicles of a European capital. Chronicles of a multifaceted European history. Chronicles of forgotten anti-Semitism which resonates terribly today.