A heart-warming and enlightening glimpse into the life of Sylvia Rousso, a Greek Holocaust survivor, and the people in her world.
Sylvia's Baklava (2006) Online
"An enriching, wholesome, sweet film with lots of heart." A glimpse into the life of Sylvia Rousso - a Greek Holocaust survivor from Greece - and the people in it, as she makes her delicious specialty, Baklava - just one year prior to her sudden passing to cancer.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Sylvia Rousso | - | Sylvia |
| Jenny Venouziou | - | Daughter |
| Tzeni Zana | - | Sylvia's Daughter |
| Nissim Venouziou | - | Sylvia's Son-in-Law |
 | Silvana Vienne | - | Grand-Daughter |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Eric T. Brodie | - | Lost Soul |
| Dean Christakis | - | Harvard Professor (as Dean G. Christakis) |
| Chi Chi Venouziou | - | Dog |
Footage for this movie was originally shot for family archives.
The greatest challenge in making this movie was photographing its key subject - a very camera-reclusive star, Sylvia.
Original footage was shot with a home camcorder on the day before New Year's Eve, 2001, then re-shot the following summer on Alvin Tsang's Sony Digital 8.
Inspired by the events of 9/11 and Grandma Sylvia's response to them.