Synopsis
Based in part on a novel by Vasily Grossman and on a previous stage production by director Frederick Wiseman, this film follows a Jewish doctor, Anna Semionova (Catherine Samie), who is awaiting her grim fate: the Nazis are about to storm her Ukrainian ghetto and ship its residents to concentration camps. Dr. Semionova devotes her final hours to composing a letter to her son expressing her love for him and her renewed embrace of her Jewish heritage, as well as her fear of dying.
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Director
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Frederick Wiseman
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Producer
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Pierre-Olivier Bardet
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Genre
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Drama
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Original Language
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Canadian French
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Runtime
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1h 1m
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