My House Without Me
Two women, one house. An intimate story about a Pole and a German placed by war on enemy sides and their parallel lives accidentally brought together. The film reflects on the concepts of invaders, victim, guilt and forgiveness. It confronts different experiences and their paradoxical similarities. It deals with the controversial subject of the post-war accountings. The visual narration is flowing, guided by memories and archives. Traditional documentation confronts experimental use of archival footage in the cinematic impression about displacement.
Directed by Magdalena Szymków
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- Janina Grześkowiak Herself
- Annemarie Liermann Herself
Make it a double feature
1h 21m together
My House Without Me
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
A close match in mood and era.
