Comedy, tragicomedy DE, FR 2024 , 112 min, FSK 12 Director: Julia von Heinz With: Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry
Shortly after the fall of the Iron Curtain, New York music journalist Ruth Rothwax, accompanied by her father Edek, travels to Poland to investigate the legacy of her Jewish family. For Edek, a Holocaust survivor, it is the first trip back to the places of his childhood. While Ruth is determined to better understand her parents' traumas, the ever-amused Edek wants to let bygones be bygones. So he sabotages Ruth's plans and causes more than one unintentionally funny situation. During this eventful week, the two uncover old family secrets. Love and deep understanding grow out of their fragile relationship. German filmmaker and screenwriter Julia von Heinz presents her most ambitious work to date with the film adaptation of the key novel “Too Many Men” by bestselling author Lily Brett. In the course of their journey, the charismatic father-daughter duo finally find their way back to each other by confronting their family's harrowing past. Julia von Heinz directs this moving family story with sensitivity and warm humor. TREASURE, which celebrates its world premiere in the Berlinale Special GALA section of this year's 74th Berlin International Film Festival, is the crowning conclusion to her Aftermath trilogy, which deals with the effects of the Holocaust on subsequent generations.