Jennifer Jason Leigh speaking at the 2015 San Diego International Comic Con, for "The Hateful Eight", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
On July 18, the opening of the 41st Film Festival from the city. One of those who spoke at the event was the famous American actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, who made an emotional call in Hebrew to bring home the Israeli hostages still deprived of their freedom in Gaza.
Jennifer Jason Leigh worked for much of her career especially in independent cinema with directors such as Robert Altman, Barbet Schroeder, Jane Campion, or Charlie Kaufman, and later also participated in films by Quentin Tarantino or the Coen Brothers. By The hateful eight, Tarantino's film, Jason Leigh received his first nomination for the Oscars and his second for the Golden Globes.
Upon receiving a special recognition during the opening ceremony of the festival, on her first visit to the country the actress was encouraged to address the audience in Hebrew: “I pray every day for the release of the hostages, five times an hour, every morning at waking up and going to sleep. Be strong and brave and bring them home right now!”
In addition, he remembered his Jewish roots and the influence of his family in Los Angeles, where they celebrated Rosh Hashanah every year.
