In 1938, 24-year-old Jakub Piekarz left the small town of Jedwabne in eastern Poland for the United States. Three years later, just after the Red Army had withdrawn and the Wehrmacht had invaded the town, Jedwabne’s Jews, including Mr. Piekarz’s parents, were murdered by their Polish neighbors.
On ne sait pas si Ève va pouvoir vivre normalement et établir avec les autres des relations durables. Mais sa discussion avec son grand-père, lors d'une scène qui fait basculer le film dans une autre dimension, y aura sans doute contribué.
While Ms. Yoncheva didn’t dwell on that not-quite-syllable at the end of "silence," she used it – to create a brief aura of melancholy, a puff of dark cloud.