The unsentimental yet heartwarming saga of a Jewish family’s immigration and assimilation in Baltimore from the 1910s through 1950s, Avalon is one of writer-director Barry Levinson’s most personal films. The Krichinsky family, led by patriarch and wallpaper salesman Sam (Armin Muehler-Stahl), faces crises and changes large and small, all presented with gentle humor and a feeling of nostalgia that is captured with rapturous beauty by the cinematography of Allen Daviau (E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Empire of the Sun, The Color Purple). A celebration of family life that can be enjoyed by the whole family.

Children’s tickets are available for Duck Soup and Avalon as part of the Jewish Film Festival’s Family Day.