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A Family Affair

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On his 30th birthday, a man receives an invitation from his grandmother to visit her in South Africa. Although she has been estranged from his family for decades, he decides to go and is shocked when she makes an unexpected confession.
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Glenn Kenny New York Times 09/15/2016
You aren't sure whether you are witnessing an investigative family chronicle or an act of revenge. Go to Full Review Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times 09/15/2016
[An] intimate, sometimes painful documentary ... demonstrates what a Sisyphean task seeking the truth can be. Go to Full Review Abby Garnett Village Voice 09/15/2016
It's a potent psychodrama, pitting Marianne's reality against the one Fassaert is documenting. And who's to say which one is real? Go to Full Review Andrew Parker The Gate 08/28/2018
A Family Affair is proof that healing emotional wounds and traumas can often be more impossible than physical injuries. Go to Full Review Nathanael Hood The Young Folks 09/19/2016
6/10
It's a mystery with no solution, only a handful of clues and a smoking gun. Go to Full Review Eli Goldfarb Brooklyn Magazine 09/18/2016
an unexpectedly harrowing family chronicle, dredging up some painful history and recording more as it's being made Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Tom Fassaert

Director

Tom Fassaert

Actor

Tom Fassaert

Writer

Robin Smith

Executive Producer

Wout Conijn

Producer

Tobias Borkert

Original Music

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Synopsis On his 30th birthday, a man receives an invitation from his grandmother to visit her in South Africa. Although she has been estranged from his family for decades, he decides to go and is shocked when she makes an unexpected confession.
Director
Tom Fassaert
Producer
Wout Conijn
Screenwriter
Tom Fassaert
Production Co
Conijn Film
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Dutch
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 4, 2017
Runtime
1h 50m
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