Three generations of trauma collide when love tries to bloom in racist soil.
In a modern Europe, rife with racism and intolerance, 2 young people are confronted by a harrowing family past. As they fall in love, 3 generations struggle to forgive and move forward to more compassionate lives, and a greater understanding.
Acting
Krige anchors three generations of pain with devastating restraint.
Direction
Herbots lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Hans Herbots
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Herbots deliberately set this in 'modern Europe' to confront audiences who think xenophobia belongs to history.
Alice Krige filmed her scenes in just four days, creating Monique's entire lifetime of regret through pure physicality.
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