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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 You aren't sure whether you are witnessing an investigative family chronicle or an act of revenge. Sep 15, 2016 Full Review Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times [An] intimate, sometimes painful documentary ... demonstrates what a Sisyphean task seeking the truth can be. Sep 15, 2016 Full Review Abby Garnett Village Voice It's a potent psychodrama, pitting Marianne's reality against the one Fassaert is documenting. And who's to say which one is real? Sep 15, 2016 Full Review Andrew Parker The Gate A Family Affair is proof that healing emotional wounds and traumas can often be more impossible than physical injuries. Aug 28, 2018 Full Review Nathanael Hood The Young Folks It's a mystery with no solution, only a handful of clues and a smoking gun. Rated: 6/10 Sep 19, 2016 Full Review Eli Goldfarb Brooklyn Magazine an unexpectedly harrowing family chronicle, dredging up some painful history and recording more as it's being made Sep 18, 2016 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