The Optimist
For more than sixty years, children’s store owner and Holocaust survivor Herbert Heller lived with the weight of the horrors he endured as a 15-year-old imprisoned in Terezin and Auschwitz. As illness forces him to confront the silence he kept—even from his own family—he forms a surprising friendship with Abbey, a teenager navigating her own emotional fractures. Through their growing connection, Herbert is inspired to finally share his truth, opening a path toward empathy, forgiveness, and renewal.
Year: 2026
Genre: Drama
Studio: Trafalgar Releasing, Convoke Media
Director: Finn Taylor
Cast: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Leah Pipes, Ben Geurens, Ursula Parker
Crew: Finn Taylor (Writer), Finn Taylor (Director), Jeanine Thomas (Producer), Noah Lang (Producer), Todd Slater (Executive Producer), Antonio Riestra (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 92 minutes
Release: Mar 11, 2026
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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