The Father’s Silence (2023)

Overview

«In actuality, National Socialism simply didn’t exist: both the perpetrators and their victims remained silent about it,» says the protagonist of Mariella Santibáñez» documentary film, Mrs. Solomon. Just a few years before her father’s death, she began to suspect that this optimistic man, who taught her to find joy in each day, had survived the Holocaust in his youth. Delving into family archives, Mrs. Solomon investigates her father’s history, which he had never mentioned before, while simultaneously uncovering the secrets and traumas of her own past. Over the course of 18 minutes, we witness the profound transformation of the protagonist as she journeys towards self-discovery.