It Takes a Family

It Takes a Family

7.6/10
0h59min
2019Documentary

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Susanne Kovacs confronts her family's tormented past, uncovering hidden secrets that reveal lingering wartime trauma and unresolved conflicts.

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It Takes A Family is drama about secrets and repressed memories. Director, Susanne Kovacs, is the grandchild of Jewish Holocaust survivors and the daughter of a German mother and a Danish Jewish father. When Susanne is born, in the eyes of her grandparents she is a child of the enemy and a constant reminder of their tragic past. Years later, Susanne starts asking the difficult questions only to discover that the war never really ended in the tormented family; Somehow, the horrors of the past have always been present as a deafening yet unspoken trauma.