A father lets them take him so his daughter lives. Seven minutes, zero mercy.
In 1943, Joseph, a Jewish man, was arrested by the Germans in front of his 13-year-old daughter, Suzanne, in the apartment where they were hiding. By abandoning his daughter, Joseph saved her life.
Direction
Achache turns seven minutes into a lifetime of absence.
Acting
Hallali's stillness—childhood ending in a single frame.
Director
Mona Achache
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Mona Achache is Suzanne's granddaughter; this is her family's actual history rendered with devastating restraint.
Released when French cinema rarely centered female Shoah survivors as protagonists, not symbols.
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