
Australia'sTonyKrawitz(Jewboy,TheTallMan)directstheadaptationofTheSlapauthorChristosTsiolkas'award-winningnovelinthissearingfilmabouthistory,guiltandsecrets.<br/> EwenLesliedeliversagreatperformanceasphotographerIsaac,whosefather'sdeathinsuburbanSydneyrevealstheschisminhisfamilyandpromptsareturntotheancestralhomeland.<br/> Onatriptohisparent'svillageinGreece,helearnssomethingofhisfather'scursedhistory.<br/> Atfirsthedismissestherevelationassuperstitiousnonsense,butoverthecourseofhistravels-fromGreecetoParistoBudapest-Isaacisforcedtoconfronttheanti-Semitismofthepast,theembeddedbigotryinthebonesofEuropeandthenatureofinheritedguilt.<br/> ItisonthisfatefultripthatIsaacwilllearnthetruthofhisfamily'smigrationtoAustralia,theirrefusaltoeverreturntoGreece,andtheburdenhecontinuestobearasaconsequenceofactscommittedyearsbeforehisbirth.<br/> Krawitzsensitivelydepictsthisclashofmythologyandaverycontemporaryrealityinthisdaringandenigmaticfilmpopulatedbyspiritsandoutcasts.




