Bleecker Avenue has formally unveiled the trailer for Treasure, an upcoming highway journey dramedy a couple of father and daughter’s journey to Poland, albeit with completely different agendas. The movie, set to hit theaters on June 14, stars Lena Dunham as Ruth and Stephen Fry as Edek.
Directed and written by Julia von Heinz, Treasure — tailored from Lily Brett’s Too Many Males novel — facilities on music journalist Ruth Rothwax, who embarks on a highway journey to Poland together with her father Edek, a Holocaust survivor, in hopes of gaining a deeper understanding of her household’s previous. Nevertheless, Ruth’s father had a special plan in thoughts.
The official synopsis for Treasure reads as follows: “A father-daughter highway journey set in Nineties Poland, [Treasure] follows Ruth, an American music journalist, and her father, Edek, a charmingly cussed Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. Whereas Ruth is keen to make sense of her household’s previous, Edek embarks on the journey together with his personal agenda. This emotional, humorous tradition conflict of two New Yorkers exploring post-socialist Poland is a strong instance of how reconnecting with household and the previous might be an sudden treasure.”
The dramedy had its world premiere on the Berlin Worldwide Movie Pageant and is ready to grace the Tribeca Pageant beginning June 8. You may watch the trailer under (watch extra trailers):
Who’s behind Treasure?
Along with starring, Dunham additionally served as one of many movie’s producers alongside Fabian Gasmia and director von Heinz. Co-producers embrace Thomas Jaeger, Antoine Delahousse, and Marius Wtodarski.
The upcoming movie is alleged to be the third and remaining installment within the director’s “Aftermath” trilogy, a movie collection that explores the consequences of the Holocaust.
“When ache and abuse befalls a era (whether or not in a mass tragedy or inside nuclear households), the outcomes ripple and ricochet in methods extra highly effective than we might ever perceive,” Dunham stated in an announcement. “This movie is concerning the some ways Ruth remains to be trapped within the ache that her father can by no means launch. For us to dwell in a world that we might wish to depart to our grandchildren, our actions – right this moment – matter. By trying again at our pasts to grasp the evils of historical past, we are able to keep away from repeating them advert infinitum, whereas additionally therapeutic one another. That was the message I took from the script, and I’m nonetheless processing that message.”
