L'origine de la violence (2016)
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Richard Berry, Stanley Weber, César Chouraqui, Michel Bouquet, Miriam Stein, Catherine Samie
A photograph found at Buchenwald leads a young teacher to investigate his family’s history.
The story
During a trip to Germany, young teacher Nathan Fabre discovers a photograph at the former Buchenwald concentration camp. It shows a prisoner whose resemblance to his own father, Adrien, leaves Nathan stunned. Back in France, he cannot stop thinking about the image. Faced with his father’s silence, Nathan decides to investigate his family’s history.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
During a trip to Germany, a young teacher, Nathan Fabre, discovers a photograph at the former Buchenwald concentration camp of a prisoner whose resemblance to his own father, Adrien, leaves him stunned. Back in France, the memory of the photograph continues to haunt him. Faced with his father’s silence, he decides to investigate his family’s history. The secrets he uncovers there turn his life upside down. At the end of his quest, Nathan will understand that the past, even when buried deep in people’s memories, always resurfaces eventually.
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