
In1994,filmproducerPatrickSobelmansatforthreedayswithhis84-year-oldgrandmotherGoldaMariaTondovska,asurvivorofNaziconcentrationcamps,assheopenedupforthefirsttimeaboutherexperiences.BornintoaPolish-Jewishfamily,shegrewupinBerlinbutfledtoParisin1933,whereshemetherhusbandandgavebirthtoagirlandaboybeforethebeginningofthewar.Astatic8mmcameraintimatelyrecordshermemories,includingheracknowledgementthatherunreservedloveforFrancekeptherfromfleeingtosafergrounds.Afterherdeathin2010,Sobelmanrealisedthatherdevastatingtestimonycarriedapotent,universalmessage;hedecidedtoedittheeight-hourconversationtogetherwithhissonHugo,adocumentaryfilmmaker.Thefilm’ssimpleset-upallowsustoenterGoldaMaria’spastandfacethehorrorsofhistory.Althoughsheistalkingtohergrandson,sheisabletospeaktothemindsandheartsofeveryone.Arivetingandunforgettableexperienceforanyviewer,citizenoftheworldandhumanbeing.

