Two siblings dig up dad's secret German past and accidentally excavate their own trauma.
After theirs father's death, Carl and Ana decide to go to Germany to rescue his unknown story. There, not only will they discover familiar tracks, they will confront and recognize themselves, to move forward in their lives.
Acting
Priscila Steinman's restrained unraveling in the third act.
Cinematography
Bleak German industrial landscapes mirroring emotional barrenness.
Direction
Rewald's refusal to hand you easy catharsis.
Director
Rubens Rewald
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Explores Brazil's little-discussed postwar German immigrant communities and the silences they carried.
Rewald shot extensively in actual family homes of Brazilian-German descendants, blurring documentary and fiction.
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