The Maelstrom: A Family Chronicle (1997)

Original title

De Maalstroom

Directed by

Péter Forgács

Genre

documentary

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

1h

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary uses home movies of a Jewish family in the Netherlands before and during World War II. Subtitles and a jazz score replace voiceover, showing the family's daily life as they slowly face the Holocaust.

quietly devastatingslow-burneeriecontemplativeunsettlingvisually archivalsomberhauntingintimate

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