Aida's Secrets

In 1945, Izak was born inside the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp and sent for adoption in Israel. Secret details of his birth mother, an unknown brother in Canada and his father's true identity slowly emerge in this investigative biographical film. Questions of identity, resilience, compassion and the plight of displaced persons comes to the fore when Izak and Shep -- the almost 70-year-old brothers -- finally meet in Canada, then head to a nursing home in Quebec to introduce Shep to his elderly mother, Aida, for the first time.

Rating

NR

Release Year

2016

Duration

01:31

Director

Alon Schwarz, Shaul Schwarz

Cast

Izak Sagi, Shep Shell, Aida Zasadsinska