Aida's Secrets

Name: Aida's Secrets
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 20, 2017
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Aida Zasadsinska, Izak Sagi, Shep Shell

2017

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Music Box Films | Release Date: October 20, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Aida Zasadsinska, Izak Sagi, Shep Shell

Summary: The discovery of records from WWII sparks a family’s quest for answers as two brothers separated as babies reunite with each other and their elderly mother, who hid more from them than just each other. Izak Szewelwicz was born in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in 1945 and sent for adoption in Israel. Though Izak was able to form aThe discovery of records from WWII sparks a family’s quest for answers as two brothers separated as babies reunite with each other and their elderly mother, who hid more from them than just each other. Izak Szewelwicz was born in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in 1945 and sent for adoption in Israel. Though Izak was able to form a relationship with his birth mother, his life was turned upside down years later when he located not only his birth certificate, but also another of a brother he never knew existed. Filmmakers Alon and Shaul Schwarz set out to find answers for Izak, uncovering questions of identity, resilience, and the plight of displaced persons as Izak and his brother Shep—both nearly 70 years old—finally meet in Canada before traveling to a nursing home in Quebec to introduce Shep to his elderly mother, Aida, for the first time. [Music Box Films]… Expand

Director: Alon Schwarz and Shaul Schwarz

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Daniel M. Gold

Oct 19, 2017

In this time of mass displacement across the globe, it is a stark reminder of how traumatic the refugee experience often is. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Oct 26, 2017

Aida’s Secrets movingly embodies the traumas that, at war’s end and long after, are inseparable from liberation. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Nov 30, 2017

Aida's Secrets starts out as a fairly straightforward documentary about reuniting two long-separated brothers, but directors Alon and Shaul Schwarz don't stop there. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Nov 30, 2017

Aida's Secrets unravels its complex scenario in compelling, page-turner mystery fashion, proving yet again that truth can be much stranger than fiction. Read full review

Gayle MacDonald

Jan 11, 2018

The debut doc is an ambitious attempt to get to the root of a tangled family tree, but the directors' close relationship to Izak (he's their uncle) means they sometimes pay so much attention to the genealogical minutiae that a viewer checks in and out to clear her head. Read full review

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