A secret brother, a war-torn past, and one woman digging up family ghosts.
Anna discovers that has a brother that went to Canada because of the hunger on World War II
Acting
Elena Sofia Ricci anchors every scene with restrained devastation.
Production
Period detail evokes post-war poverty without romanticizing it.
Director
Angelo Longoni
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film dramatizes the very real Italian emigration to Canada post-WWII, when poverty drove thousands abroad. Director Angelo Longoni frequently explored these fractured family narratives in his television work.
François Montagut, who plays the Canadian-raised Nick, is actually French — his slightly detached performance was reportedly intentional to emphasize the brother's foreignness to his own family.
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