Atlanta Jewish Film Festival: The Glory of Life

Set against the picturesque Baltic Sea coast in 1923, this tender drama captures Franz Kafka’s final year, transformed by the redemptive power of love. The fragile writer (Sabin Tambrea), battling tuberculosis and an overbearing family, finds an unforeseen connection with Dora Diamant (Henriette Confurius), a spirited young woman working at a Jewish community center. Their romance blooms into a profound partnership, carrying them through Berlin to an Austrian sanatorium where Kafka confronts his mortality with newfound peace. With evocative cinematography and touchingly nuanced performances, this adaptation of Michael Kumpfmüller’s acclaimed novel offers an incandescent departure from the literary icon’s existential legacy, to celebrate a fleeting chapter of joy and intimacy.