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A Family Affair

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Original title: A Family Affair
Year: 2015
Running time: 90 min.
Country: Netherlands
Director: Tom Fassaert
Screenwriter: Tom Fassaert
Cast: Documentary
Music: Tobias Borkert
Cinematography: Tom Fassaert
Producer: Co-production Netherlands-Belgium-Denmark;
Conijn Film
Genre: Documentary | Family Relationships
Synopsis: “Marianne Hertz: Model and Perfect Mother.” This is how filmmaker Tom Fassaert’s grandmother was presented in a 1950's magazine. His father, uncle and aunt smile awkwardly when he makes them read it out loud: their childhood was far from perfect. Her two sons ended up in a children’s home at a young age, and the relationship with their now 95-year-old mother remains troubled. Not long after his father broke off all contact with her, Marianne invites Fassaert to visit her in South Africa, where she started a new life years ago. He accepts and takes his camera, hoping to find the missing pieces in the family history. Why is there so much disappointment and resentment on both sides, and why was it never discussed? But while Marianne eagerly embraces his interest in her, she blatantly refuses to talk about "that family affair". Grandma will not be directed, and in an extraordinary and completely unexpected way, she dismisses the very role her grandson is trying to bring into focus: that of a mother and grandmother.

Awards: 2016: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

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A Family Affair

2015

Tom Fassaert

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