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The Optimist

6.8(4)20261h 42m2

Herbert Heller keeps his experience as a teenage boy surviving in Auschwitz hidden from his family. Until he meets Abby, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.

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Released
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Language
English

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Director

Finn Taylor

Produced in

Czech Republic, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereHamptons International Film Festival6 Oct 2023
    • PremiereMill Valley Film Festival11 Oct 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)11 Mar 2026
    • Digital / OTTNR17 Nov 2026
    • PhysicalNR18 Dec 2026
  • United KingdomGB

    • Physical1519 Jan 2026
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereThe Jewish International Film Festival23 Oct 2025

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The Optimist was released on 11 March 2026.

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