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Postcard To Daddy by Michael Stock - Trailer (english subtitled)
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As a child, Michael Stock was sexually abused by his own father. 25 years later he is still looking for inner peace.
In conversations with his family and friends and his own reflections, he paints an ever clearer, if contradictory picture of what happened and of the consequences for each of the family members. Old family films seem to show a happy family excerpts from Michaels first feature film hint at his extreme adult life, overshadowed by his lifelong trauma. Yet in spite of the intense drama, the film does not have an atmosphere of anger and hatred but rather a surprising air of hope and love of life. Michaels aim is not to accuse the perpetrator but to understand. In the end, he takes his video Postcard to his father. With the camera running, he confronts him with his past
Winner of the "Siegessäulen Readers Award", 60th Berlinale 2010"
Satemant of the Jury:
The third documentary finalist, Michael Stock's Postcard to Daddy won the Siegessaeule readers award. The festival statement said, "Of all the films which the jury has seen this year Postcard to Daddy was by far the most moving. The members of the jury were so touched by Michael Stocks haunting documentary about his sexual abuse and the consequences for his life and that of his family that they still sat in silence in their seats minutes after the credits rolled. Through unsparing frankness that never became exhibitonist the filmmaker grants an intimate view of his suffering during and after the abuse. His cinematic self-discovery not only integrates his own story as a victim, but his entire family and even the perpetrator, and thus shows more clearly that sexual abuse is a universal issue. Stock does not mince what happened. No metaphors are used, the supposedly unspeakable is spoken out. The jury felt that Postcard to Daddy is a sad yet always hopeful film finally breaking the silence and the taboos which shows a way out of victimhood into a new life."
for more informations: www.postcard-to-daddy.de
In conversations with his family and friends and his own reflections, he paints an ever clearer, if contradictory picture of what happened and of the consequences for each of the family members. Old family films seem to show a happy family excerpts from Michaels first feature film hint at his extreme adult life, overshadowed by his lifelong trauma. Yet in spite of the intense drama, the film does not have an atmosphere of anger and hatred but rather a surprising air of hope and love of life. Michaels aim is not to accuse the perpetrator but to understand. In the end, he takes his video Postcard to his father. With the camera running, he confronts him with his past
Winner of the "Siegessäulen Readers Award", 60th Berlinale 2010"
Satemant of the Jury:
The third documentary finalist, Michael Stock's Postcard to Daddy won the Siegessaeule readers award. The festival statement said, "Of all the films which the jury has seen this year Postcard to Daddy was by far the most moving. The members of the jury were so touched by Michael Stocks haunting documentary about his sexual abuse and the consequences for his life and that of his family that they still sat in silence in their seats minutes after the credits rolled. Through unsparing frankness that never became exhibitonist the filmmaker grants an intimate view of his suffering during and after the abuse. His cinematic self-discovery not only integrates his own story as a victim, but his entire family and even the perpetrator, and thus shows more clearly that sexual abuse is a universal issue. Stock does not mince what happened. No metaphors are used, the supposedly unspeakable is spoken out. The jury felt that Postcard to Daddy is a sad yet always hopeful film finally breaking the silence and the taboos which shows a way out of victimhood into a new life."
for more informations: www.postcard-to-daddy.de