THE BLOOM OF YESTERDAY
North American Premiere
Country: Austria, Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Original Title: DIE BLUMEN VON GESTERN
Running Time: 125min
Film Year: 2016
Category: Cinema 360º
Toto is an esteemed Holocaust scholar. He is also the grandson of a Nazi war criminal. While organizing a conference, Toto takes on an intern who’s the granddaughter of a Holocaust victim. After a rocky meet-cute, the two bond, speak candidly about their familial legacies, and stumble toward romance. Which may or may not be a problem for the married—yet ostensibly impotent—Toto.
Chris Kraus’ audacious The Bloom of Yesterday wrings comedy from unfathomable atrocity. Yet the film’s lightness allows its inherent gravity to settle fully once we apprehend its true message: that every generation must find its own path to reckoning with the daunting shadows of history.
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Wednesday March 8th @ 9:00 pm REGAL 18 Add to Schedule
credits
Director: Chris Kraus
Producer: Danny Krausz, Kathrin Lemme, Chris Kraus, Gerd Huber, Kurt Stocker
Screenwriter: Chris Kraus
Executive Producer: Philip Evenkamp, Manfred Fritsch
Music: Annette Focks
Cinematographer: Sonja Rom
Editor: Brigitta Tauchner