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Streaming January 13-25, 2023 Digital Screening Room

France | 52 minutes | 2022

Bringing Albert Home

North American Premiere

Every afternoon, sisters Colette, 91, and Nicole, 88, invite themselves over to the Parisian apartment of their brother Roger, 98, and like eternal children freed from the passage of time, they bicker, tease each other, compete over crossword puzzles or tell the children's news. Born in Oran into a Jewish family from Algeria, they were not always three. They had an older brother, Albert, who had joined the Free French Forces after having been excluded from his studies by antisemitic Petanist laws, and after dying in battle, was buried in a military cemetery in Algeria in 1944. Under the watchful eye of director Michaël Zumstein, son of Colette, the three siblings embark on an unlikely mission: to repatriate Albert’s coffin, because they can no longer bear the idea of ​​“leaving him alone there.” To succeed, they must embark on a Homeric battle against administrative nightmares and being over 90, learn to master technology — iPads, Siri, texts, emails — leading to hilarious and touching results. Bringing Albert Home is a moving chronicle of sibling love.

Accompanying the film premiere is a discussion with director Michaël Zumstein and producer Patrick Winocour. To view the conversation please click here.

Director's Bio

Directed by Michaël Zumstein

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Michaël Zumstein is a director, photojournalist and cameraman. He has directed numerous documentaries as well as working as a cameraman and photographer. In 2014, he was awarded by the Picture of the Year the Visual Storytelling Swiss Press Award.

Cast and Credits

Director

Michaël Zumstein

Screenwriter

Michaël Zumstein

Cinematographer

Cecile Niderman

Editor

Mélanie Brun

Cast

Roger, Colette, Nicole

Film Info

Year

2022

Country

France

Run-time

52 minutes

Language

French with English subtitles
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