SPOILER ALERT
I now know that this beautiful film is based on a true story.
I had, also, run across the film on Netflix. Having not heard of the film, or its actors, I watched with no preconceptions.
All of the beauty of the film notwithstanding, I, being an American Jew, raised in the 1970s, must focus on Hannah's American family.
Our parents, grandparents, survivors in the Jewish community, did not speak of what they had experienced. They just did not tell us.
In contrast to Tomasz, who clearly, had told his daughter about Hannah and their experience.
It seemed, from the movie, that Tomasz was able to incorporte his past with his present far- better than Hannah, whose husband and daughter seemed oblivious to Hannah's traumatic past.
We know how the story played out in reality, and, if you don't, well, keep looking and you'll see.
I loved watching the movie, and I plan to watch again. I do wish, however, that we were able to, once we knew that Tomasz has survived, see more of his life in the seventies.
If you're reading about this film, and haven't seen it, please do so. It's a rare film that treats the subject with sensitivity and respect, without trivializing the persons involved, even the despicable Tomasz' mother.
Watch Magdelena very carefully. Her performance was nothing short of perfection.
I now know that this beautiful film is based on a true story.
I had, also, run across the film on Netflix. Having not heard of the film, or its actors, I watched with no preconceptions.
All of the beauty of the film notwithstanding, I, being an American Jew, raised in the 1970s, must focus on Hannah's American family.
Our parents, grandparents, survivors in the Jewish community, did not speak of what they had experienced. They just did not tell us.
In contrast to Tomasz, who clearly, had told his daughter about Hannah and their experience.
It seemed, from the movie, that Tomasz was able to incorporte his past with his present far- better than Hannah, whose husband and daughter seemed oblivious to Hannah's traumatic past.
We know how the story played out in reality, and, if you don't, well, keep looking and you'll see.
I loved watching the movie, and I plan to watch again. I do wish, however, that we were able to, once we knew that Tomasz has survived, see more of his life in the seventies.
If you're reading about this film, and haven't seen it, please do so. It's a rare film that treats the subject with sensitivity and respect, without trivializing the persons involved, even the despicable Tomasz' mother.
Watch Magdelena very carefully. Her performance was nothing short of perfection.