Grandma wrote 80 years of chaos and her publisher's about to ghost her.
The film focuses on the exciting life journey of Swiss writer Katharina Zimmermann. She follows her husband on a mission to the jungle in Indonesia where she raises their four children and five foster children and lives through the military coup. Back in Switzerland Katharina discovers her voice and finds her path. Now, at eighty, she is writing her life story. Yet suddenly she faces another battle because her publisher is threatening to let her go.
Direction
Two female directors finally giving her the spotlight.
Writing
Her actual life: better than any novel she wrote.
Director
Tanja Trentmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1965's Indonesian mass killings killed up to a million suspected communists; Western missionaries often stayed silent. Zimmermann's presence there as a 'missionary wife' carries that weight whether the film names it or not.
She started publishing novels at 72. Seventy-two. Let that sink in while you panic about your own timeline.
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