The lure of family mysteries lies at the heart of "Still Life in Lodz", an emotionally riveting documentary that journeys to the historically tumultuous city of Lodz, Poland.
Here, a surprise reunion with a painting that hung in the same apartment for 75 world-altering years becomes a probing investigation into the power of memory, art, time and resilience.What follows is a deeply personal detective story rich with twists and turns.
But, equally, the film is an ode to the lost generations of Jewish Lodz and a look at how fragile?but also how incredibly necessary?our relationship with the past is for creating the future.