KICHKA. LIFE IS A CARTOON
The film director presents the topic of inherited trauma in the family of a Holocaust survivor. Henri Kichka was a prisoner of concentration camps for three years. The shadow it cast on his soul was partially inherited by his son Michel, a famous illustrator and cartoonist. After the war, the family set out to rebuild their life in Belgium. Many years later, Henri confronted his own identity of a Jewish survivor and war hero. Michel's illustrations, especially his cartoon on relations between the father and the son, “Second Generation”, played a significant role in this process.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 74'
- YEAR:
- 2018
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Delfina Jałowik
- SCRIPT:
- Delfina Jałowik
- DOP:
- Adam Uryniak
- EDITOR:
- Adam Uryniak
- MUSIC:
- Rick VanMatre
- SOUND:
- Stanisław Najmiec
- PRODUCTION:
- Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej w Krakowie MOCAK, Centrum Sztuk Prześladowanych w Solingen
AT FESTIVALS:
- 58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (screening)