Oh good! You found us.
We’re an on-demand movie theater where you can discover hand-picked films from festivals and collections around
the world. We make it easy for you to find films you’ll love, no matter what your interests are.
Official selection of the 2008 Berlin, Locarno and Toronto film festivals.
As the 1987 trial of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie unfolds on television, Victor Bastien (Hippolyte Girardot) reviews old family documents and finds a distressing “Aryan declaration” authored by his late father, a discovery that throws Victor’s conception of his family’s history into darkness. His mother, Rivka (legendary actress Jeanne Moreau), keeps a stubborn silence about the past, while Tania (Dominique Blanc), his sister, defends their father’s declaration. At the same time, Victor’s wife (Emmanuelle Devos) and children grow concerned about his increasing distraction. Burning with the need to unearth the truth, Victor takes his family to the tiny village where Rivka’s parents were forced to hide during the war. Poignant and ultimately optimistic, ONE DAY YOU’LL UNDERSTAND offers a compelling portrait of a family’s confrontation with the wounds of the past and their hopes for a better future.
GENRES
Cast & Crew
Festivals
- Awards & Accolades
- Producers Award Nominee Independent Spirit Awards 2009
Related Films
-
Kadosh
Set in the Mea Sherim quarter of Jerusalem, an enclave of the ultra-Orthodox, KADOSH explores a hermetic world almost never seen on the screen. Here, for ten years, the pious Rivka (Yael Abecassis) has devoted herself to her husband Meir (Yoram Hattab), but their marriage remains childless. Presumed barren, she is rejected by...Start your free trial to watch
-
Alila
For the apartment dwellers of ALILA, every action creates a ripple unknowingly felt by all. Gorgeous libertine Gabi's (Yael Abecassis, KADOSH) loud, violent trysts with her physically dominant, emotionally unavailable lover Hezi (Amos Lavie) bring down the wrath of their disgusted neighbors. Mali (Hanna Laslo), Gabi's sole...Start your free trial to watch
-
Devarim
DEVARIM is Amos Gitai's debut narrative feature and the first installment in his renowned "City Trilogy" (concluded by 1998's YOM YOM and 1999's KADOSH), a remarkable trio of films each based in one of Israel's thriving metropolises. Making full use of a decade of documentary experience, Gitai transformed Ya'ackov Shabatai's...Start your free trial to watch
-
Kippur
Taking place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. Although the story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers, the film is far from being an exercise in propaganda. We are led by Weinraub (Liron Levo) and his friend Ruso (Tomer Ruso) on a day that...Start your free trial to watch
Reviews
(see the best reviews)Join the conversation. Log in or subscribe to write a review!
The acting was on top. The flashback segment at the Universe Hotel was awkward. You wonder if the directer was suffering from the same inhibitions as his characters. You have to wonder what it would be like to be watching the film in a French cinemax. The final, Reparations scene was filled with very effective irony. "The bitter end." All in all. I enjoyed the movie very much. Exactly what I'm looking for at Fandor.
A holocaust film that is very moving. About 40 years following the German occupation of France in WWII, a French businessman realizes that his mother had Jewish parents who were seized by the Vichy government and sent to Auschwitz where they perished. Hie mother ws unable to talk to him about this loss, but before her death she tells her 2 grandchildren about her Jewish identity and she tells them to never forget.