A vibrant example of hybrid nonfiction filmmaking, using hand-drawn animation, live action, home movies and newsreels in a rich synthesis of personal and historical memory.
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Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Visualizations are Mr. Jung's province, and they're what make his movie so deeply moving, as well as literally illuminating.
Crucially, Jung and Boileau manage to convey the bonds of affection and love that hold this unusual family together, in a manner that will ring a moving chord with many who have experienced similar circumstances.
The movie is not always well unified and sequenced, but that seems to reflect Mr. Henin’s ambivalence over a past that’s like a book he is at once rereading and rewriting.