JIFF26 Visitation

From Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum, Diplomacy) comes a powerful new epic that takes place over the course of the 20th century as three families bear witness to the earth-shattering events that shape the world around them.   A lake house near Berlin stands as generations come and go: a Jewish family, an opportunistic architect and his wife, an idealistic writer and her granddaughter. As these twelve destinies search for peace and belonging, the house remains a haven through decades of turmoil and the dramatic events that define Germany in the 20th century: the rise of Nazism and the devastation of war, Soviet occupation, the reunification of Germany, and the dawn of a new era.