Based on a true story, 'The Optimist' follows Holocaust survivor Herbert Heller, who escaped the Auschwitz-Birkenau death march at fifteen and was sheltered by a Catholic family before building a new life in America. Decades later, breaking a long silence, he forms a life-saving friendship with Abby, a troubled teenager. Starring Stephen Lang and Elsie Fisher; produced by Jeanine Thomas. (Premiered on the festival circuit in 2023 as 'Avenue of the Giants.')
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