ItalianoFatherland
15 October 19:00
Sala Petrassi
Pub Acc
Festa del cinema
Synopsis
In the summer of 1949, Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika set off by car across a ruined Germany, from Frankfurt to Weimar. Having returned to his homeland after sixteen years of exile in the United States, Mann has to grapple with not only a divided nation but also a deep rift in his own family.
COMMENTARY
Paweł Pawlikowski picks up where he left off with his award-winning Ida and Cold War, using his concise, elliptical style to explore themes of identity, family, love and guilt against the backdrop of the turmoil and moral confusion of post-war Europe.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
Fatherland embraces many themes, yet it chooses to recount them in a simple and essential way, through graphic images and brief, incisive scenes. A language that leaves the audience space to feel, interpret and imagine.
Director
Paweł Pawlikowski
Paweł Pawlikowski is a Polish director who started his career in the United Kingdom with award-winning documentaries before turning to works of fiction. Having returned to Poland, he won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film and five European Film Awards for Ida (2013). He subsequently won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival and another five European Film Awards for Cold War (2018), including Best Film and Best Director.