Red Trees
One of just twelve Jewish families to survive the Nazi occupation of Prague during World War II is documented in Marina Willer's award-winning visual essay Cartas da Me (Cartas da Máe). César Charlone (City of God) shot the film, which travels from war-torn Eastern Europe to the vibrant colors and light of South America through the narration of Willer's father Alfred (Tim Pigott-Smith, Quantum of Solace), who witnessed bureaucratic nightmares, transportations, and suicides but survived to forge a postwar life as an architect in Brazil.. L. Red Trees is a relevant look at the current refugee situation, which depicts how a war-torn family reaches peace across an ocean. n.