简介：Australia'sTonyKrawitz(Jewboy,TheTallMan)directstheadaptationofTheSlapauthorChristosTsiolkas'award-winningnovelinthissearingfilmabouthistory,guiltandsecrets. EwenLesliedeliversagreatperformanceasphotographerIsaac,whosefather'sdeathinsuburbanSydneyrevealstheschisminhisfamilyandpromptsareturntotheancestralhomeland. Onatriptohisparent'svillageinGreece,helearnssomethingofhisfather'scursedhistory. Atfirsthedismissestherevelationassuperstitiousnonsense,butoverthecourseofhistravels-fromGreecetoParistoBudapest-Isaacisforcedtoconfronttheanti-Semitismofthepast,theembeddedbigotryinthebonesofEuropeandthenatureofinheritedguilt. ItisonthisfatefultripthatIsaacwilllearnthetruthofhisfamily'smigrationtoAustralia,theirrefusaltoeverreturntoGreece,andtheburdenhecontinuestobearasaconsequenceofactscommittedyearsbeforehisbirth. Krawitzsensitivelydepictsthisclashofmythologyandaverycontemporaryrealityinthisdaringandenigmaticfilmpopulatedbyspiritsandoutcasts.…