Retrace

JuditElek’sso-farlastfictionfeatureisacuriousmixofelements.<br/>　　ItstartedoutasanattempttoadaptMargueriteDuras’1960novelDixHeuresetdemiedusoirenété,andthestoryofacouplewithateenagedaughterdrivingthroughaforeignlandstillformsthenarrativebackboneofRetrace.ItthengotaugmentedwithelementsfromMiklósMészöly's1979novellaSzárnyaslovak,inparticularthequestionofhowtwopeoplecanreactdifferentlytothesameevent.Eventually,itturnedintothestoryofanimmigrantreturningwithherfamilyfromhernewhomeinSwedentothe1980sRomaniaoftheCeaușescus,andaparallelnarrativesetpartlyinthepastofherchildhoodfriend,whocollaboratedwiththeregimes.UltimatelyitfounditsfinalshapewhenElekaddedsomeaspectsofherownfamilyhistory–thegruesomefateofhersisterVera,whowasmurderedinaconcentrationcampafterbeingabusedasaprostitutefortheguards.<br/>　　TheresultisoneofElek’smostcerebralworks:amosaicofinterlockingnarrativesinsomehalf-a-dozenlanguageswherehomeisamelancholic,potentiallydeadlyillusion,andexilemaybethedestinyofeverydecenthumanbeing.<br/>　　源自：<ahref=&quot;https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiffr.com%2Fen%2Fiffr%2F2023%2Ffilms%2Fretrace-digital-directors-cut&link2key=b1a13e9645&quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;>https://iffr.com/en/<wbr/>iffr/2023/films/retr<wbr/>ace-digital-director<wbr/>s-cut</a>