Mr. Kaplan

This offbeat comedy—with eccentric characters and a unique cinematic style—will certainly charm the audience to MR. KAPLAN. Seventy-six-year-old Jacob Kaplan is having an existential crisis. What has he done with his life? Yes, as a young Jewish boy he escaped by himself from Poland to Uruguay during World War II. Yes, he has been married to doting wife Rebecca for 50 years. Yes, he has two adult sons, high-strung Isaac and slacker Elias, and one granddaughter, Lottie. But how will he be remembered by future generations? When Jacob is declared unfit to drive, his chances of accomplishing anything of significance, at least in his eyes, seem slim. But his granddaughter’s offhand remark about a German bar owner whom she calls “the Nazi” gives Jacob a harebrained idea: to prove the bar owner’s guilt as a war criminal and bring him to trial in Israel. With the help of a slovenly ex-cop named Wilson, Jacob embarks on a mission to make MR. KAPLAN a name we will never forget. (In Spanish with subtitles) – E.B.