La chambre de Mariana (2025)
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Mélanie Thierry, Artem Kyryk, Julia Goldberg, Yona Rozenkier, Minou Monfared
During World War II, an 11-year-old boy hides in a brothel, trying to understand the world beyond his small room.
The story
In 1943, in Chernivtsi in western Ukraine, Yulia, a Jewish woman fleeing deportation from a ghetto, entrusts her 11-year-old son, Hugo, to Mariana, a childhood friend who works as a prostitute in a brothel. German soldiers come and go from the establishment. Hugo is locked in a small room beside Mariana’s bedroom and can learn about the outside world only by listening through the walls. His imagination is stirred by what he hears, while he is allowed to leave his hiding place only occasionally.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In the midst of World War II, in 1943, in Chernivtsi in western Ukraine. Fleeing deportation from a Ukrainian ghetto, the Jewish woman Yulia entrusts her 11-year-old son, Hugo, to her childhood friend Mariana, who works as a prostitute in a brothel. German soldiers come and go there. Locked in the small room next to Mariana’s bedroom, the boy can only learn what is happening in the outside world by listening through the walls. His imagination awakens him to the secrets of sexuality. Only occasionally is Hugo allowed to leave his hiding place.
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