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The trailer balances the dark story with a light-hearted narrative, offering a fun yet emotional viewing experience. - Filming in Auschwitz evoked powerful emotions
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team, enhancing the authenticity of the story for viewers. - Director Julia von Heinz explores generational trauma
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highlighting the importance of communication and reckoning with the past.
Bleecker Street and Filmnation released a trailer today for treasure. The stars of the comedy/drama Lena Dunham (Girls) i Stephen Fry (The morning show) as a father and daughter who take a road trip through 1990s Poland. While Edek (Fry) is a Holocaust survivor, Ruth (Dunham) is a journalist who traces her family's roots through her father's experiences. The film opens in theaters on June 14.
The trailer of treasure underlines the two conflicting aspects of the film. Although the story contains the horrors of a past that marked entire generations, it is also light-hearted and looks like a pretty fun story to watch. That's probably because the film isn't about the traumas themselves, but about how the roots of the Rothwax family shaped the father-daughter dynamic we see on screen.
The treasure The team made sure that a large number of them were from Poland. They spent three days filming in Auschwitz, a place where film crews cannot enter. They obtained special permission to film in the parking lot and outside the border fence. According to Dunham and Fry, it was a powerful few days and, needless to say, that will translate to moviegoers when it's time to see the movie.
The director of 'Treasure' explains the film's origins and themes
treasure is directed and co-written by Julia von Heinz (And tomorrow the whole world). He adapted the screenplay from the novel too many men by author Lilly Brett. According to Heinz, the author worked closely with the production team, and Heinz stated that they went through “12 drafts” before they felt they had nailed the comedy-drama balance. In an official statement, she revealed that she was “delighted” to have Dunham and Fry on board and discussed the film's central themes, including the importance of communication:
“I think they're each other's treasure, and ultimately considering the past becomes a gift. Of course, Edek thinks her past is horrible and something she'd only want to protect her daughter from, but in a constellation of transgenerational trauma, it is essential to talk about it, unearth it and discover it.”
Heinz describes treasure as the third installment in his “Aftermath” trilogy, a series of stand-alone films examining the legacy of Germany's Nazi past. Both Heinz and Dunham expressed the importance of these stories continuing to be told, because the trauma caused by the Holocaust was so massive that it takes generations to tell the stories of all those who suffered.
