Today for the first time I saw the movie "The Search" by Fred Zinnemann with Montgomery Clift. The events taking place right after the end of WWII are filmed on location in U.S. Occupied Germany. Karel believes he is an orphan. Traumatized by the camps he is not quite ready to be institutionalized. After an escape he befriends an American soldier. In parallel we see Karel's mother who has lost her husband and her daughter, looking desperately for Karel visiting all the DTP camps. She never loses hope her son is alive in spite of evidence that presumes him dead.
Only us, the viewers, know they are both alive and that eventually their path will cross.
Nathalie
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