BELLUM
BELLUM is a film about how war trauma still grips the lives of three generations today.In a hiding room created for this film, we see a Jewish family breaking the silence by finally starting a conversation about suppressing and passing on war trauma.We examine how trauma is passed on from parent to child.
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BELLUM is a film about how war trauma still grips the lives of three generations today. In a hiding room created for this film, we see a Jewish family breaking the silence by finally starting a conversation about suppressing and passing on war trauma. We examine how trauma is passed on from parent to child. Are later generations able to break free from a traumatic experience that they have not experienced themselves?
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- Release date
- Oct 6, 2021
- Runtime
- 0h 25m
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- Language
- Dutch
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