Fatherland
Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski (MVFF41 Tribute) continues his ongoing examination of the emotional wounds and ruins of postwar Europe with this indelible drama. Joining the poetic ranks of his Oscar®-winning Ida (2013) and Oscar-nominated Cold War (MVFF41) in an unofficial trilogy, his latest black-and-white elegy traces the relationship between renowned writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his accomplished actress-writer daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller, among the finest performers working today), across a lyrical journey in a fractured Germany of 1949 where the exiled Mann is to receive the Goethe Prize. It’s the height of the Cold War, and the land that carries the duo’s roots is both deeply divided and consumed by unspoken guilt. A reflective and unforgettable study of identity, family, and national memory, Fatherland is simply a stunner in effortlessly braiding the makings of a classical road movie with an artistic statement on generational remorse. —Tomris Laffly
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Paweł Pawlikowski
Paweł Pawlikowski is a Polish filmmaker who began his career directing award-winning documentaries in Britain before moving into narrative features with Last Resort (2000) and My Summer of Love (2004), both BAFTA-winning films. Ida (2013) won the Academy Award® for Best International Feature Film, the first Polish film to do so, and five European Film Awards. For Cold War (MVFF41), Pawlikowski was awarded the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Director Prize. The film later received three Academy Award nominations and won five European Film Awards.
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