SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL | SFJFF 2010

uding their original family home, a hiding place when they were driven out on Kristallnacht, an orphanage and a camp. Both Menachem and Fred have blocked out parts of their youth so that we, as viewers, have the odd feeling that we are learning about their childhoods at the same time as they are, from old neighbors and from each other. This stranger-than-fiction tale is told beautifully, both visually and through Fred’s and the filmmakers’ lyrical narration, inviting viewers to join in questioning the meaning of home, identity and fate.
—Annie Abernethy

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