Sieranevada

Plot

Three days after the terrorist attack on the offices of Parisian weekly Charlie Hebdo and forty days after the death of his father, Lary, a doctor in his forties is about to spend the Saturday at a family gathering to commemorate the deceased. But the occasion does not go according to expectations. Forced to confront his fears and his past, to rethink the place he holds within the family, Lary finds himself constraint to tell his version of the truth.

Why watch

"Sieranevada" masterfully intertwines the personal and the political, capturing the complexities of family dynamics against the backdrop of societal trauma. With its slow-burn pacing and intimate visual style, it invites viewers to reflect on the weight of unspoken truths and the search for identity amidst chaos.

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