Charging The Rhino

CHARGING THE RHINO is a documentary comprised of footage collected over a decade. It explores the relationship between filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici and his late father, Joseph, who on June 29, 1941 was shot and left for dead among his family in Iasi, Romania. It also explores the shadowy past of Simcha's first cousin, Sasha, who was forced to act in a 1960 heist movie produced by the communist regime and then - along with his fellow "actors" - was shot behind a Bucharest prison. CHARGING THE RHINO poses questions such as: how do you live for fifty years after you've been shot in the heart? And what was behind the world's strangest bank robbery? The answers are found in the tale of the Jacobovici family. Deeply personal, psychologically layered and stylistically innovative, CHARGING THE RHINO tells the story of a family, a place and a time, flashing between a modern day pilgrimage to Iasi by Simcha and his sister, and the history of what happened in that place sixty years ago.