Film Synopsis
One evening in the late 1970s, an aeroplane comes into land at a rural airport.
Only one passenger disembarks from the plane. He is Joe Falsch, the
last survivor of an unfortunate Jewish family. It has been forty years
since he left Berlin and now, in the airport concourse, Joe is finally reunited
with members of his family whom he hasn't seen for years. Conflicting
emotions arise within him when he is greeted by his parents, his brother,
his sister, his sister-in-law and aunt, all victims of the Nazi concentration
camps. His uncle is also here, along with his wife - they died in Berlin
after living in Palestine for a while. Finally, there is Lili, the
pretty German girl whom Joe was inordinately fond of (even though her father
was a Nazi) - she was killed in the Allied bombing of Germany. A night
of celebration and reflection lies ahead for these thirteen people who have
borne so much pain and loss. But exactly who is to blame for what they
have suffered...?
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Film Credits
- Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne,
Luc Dardenne
- Script: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, René Kalisky (novel)
- Cinematographer: Walther van den Ende, Yves Vandermeeren
- Music: Jean-Marie Billy, Jan Franssen
- Cast: Jacqueline Bollen (Lilli),
Nicole Colchat (Mina), Christian Crahay (Gustav),
Bruno Cremer (Joe),
Millie Dardenne (Bela),
Bérangère Dautun (Rachel),
John Dobrynine (Georg),
André Lenaerts (Ruben),
Christian Maillet (Jacob),
Jean Mallamaci (Benjamin),
Gisèle Oudart (Natalia),
Marie-Rose Roland (Daniella),
François Sikivie (Oscar)
- Country: France / Belgium
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 82 min