A Family Affair

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A Family Affair

2015

1h 50m

Documentary

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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.

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

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Kevin Crust

Los Angeles Times

[An] intimate, sometimes painful documentary ... demonstrates what a Sisyphean task seeking the truth can be.

Sep 15, 2016

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Tom Fassaert

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Tom Fassaert

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Robin Smith

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Wout Conijn

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Tobias Borkert

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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