The 2014 Academy Award-winning film The Lady in
Number 6 is one of the most inspirational and uplifting
stories of the year. At 109 years old, Alice Herz-Sommer
practiced piano for two and a half hours each day.
She remained fiercely independent and attributed her
long life to good music more than good genes. Her
relentlessly positive and optimistic outlook and deeply
held belief in people’s innate kind-heartedness kept
her alive for over a century. Not only was she the oldest
living person in London, England, but she was the oldest
survivor of Hitler’s Holocaust. It has often been said that
fear and hatred eat the soul, but it can also be argued
that a love of life and of those around us—and in Alice’s
case love of music—can nourish the soul and liberate
the spirit. Up until her death at 110 Alice never tired of
saying "music saved my life and music saves me still."
Producer Frederic Bohbot will participate in Skype Q&As on May 15, 19 and 20.
Co-presented by the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.