Year: 1980
Runtime: 46 mins
Language: French
Chantal Akerman conducts intimate conversations with elderly Jewish women in Paris, each a survivor of the Holocaust, recording their family histories and memories. Interspersed are reflections from Akerman’s mother, Natalia, who shares stories of her own relatives. The film was created for a French television miniseries focusing on grandmothers.
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