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The Two Lives Of Eva

Documentary, 1h20, 2005

Director: Esther Hoffenberg

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Synopsis:

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Eva, my mother, a Polish woman of German-Protestant culture, was brought up in the high industrialist bourgeoisie of Sosnowiec. She left Poland when the Soviets arrived in 1945. It was in post-war Germany that she met Sam, a survivor from the Warsaw ghetto. She left with him for Paris. In marrying Sam, Eva also married his story and identity and said good-bye to her own. As a couple, my parents grew increasingly happy until 1970, when Eva had her first fit of delirium. In 1978, she lived through a second attack and began to tell me about the young girl she was before she met my father. She revealed her tortured conscience regarding her German identity during the war.

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Awards and festivals:​

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Patrimony Award at "Cinema du Réel", Paris 2005 - The "Escales Documentaires" Prize at La Rochelle  - Jerusalem Festival 2005 - Viennale - Leipzig - Tbilisi - New York Jewish Film Festival 2006 - Buenos Aires International Film Festival.

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Partners: 

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Arte - TV5 - Lapsus - CNC (COSIP) - Procirep/Angoa - Ministère des affaires étrangères / TV5 - Fondation pour la mémoire de la Shoah - MEDIA Aide au développement.


World sales: Etats-Unis first run.

Les Films du Poisson
54 rue René Boulanger
75010 Paris
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