FATHERLAND (EUFF VIET NAM 2026)
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FATHERLAND <EUFF VIET NAM X LUX AUDIENCE AWARD>
Poland, Germany, Italy, France — 82’ — 2026
Director: Paweł Pawlikowski
Writers: Paweł Pawlikowski, Hendrik Handloegten
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl
Cinematography: Łukasz Żal
Music: Marcin Masecki
Keywords: Family, History, Art
Age rating: T16
19:30 — 05.12.2026 — National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha, Hanoi
19:30 — 02.12.2026 — Galaxy Cinema, 116 Nguyen Du, HCMC
16:30 — 28.11.2026 — Metiz Cinema, Helio Center, 2/9 Road, Da Nang
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FATHERLAND centres on the relationship between legendary German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika. In the summer of 1949, at the height of the Cold War they embark on a challenging and emotional road trip in a black Buick taking them across two sides of a Germany in ruins. Returning home after sixteen years of exile in the US, Thomas Mann has to face not only a divided fatherland, but also deep fracture within his own family.
With FATHERLAND, Pawlikowski picks up where he left off: exploring – in his elliptic, distilled way – the themes of identity, family, love and guilt amid the turmoil and confusion of post-war Europe. The film won the award for Best Director at Cannes 2026.
‘Love - between a father and daughter, between a brother and sister - still exists in the world, but almost in spite of it. [T]wo people standing among the ruins. Not triumphant, but tired.’ (Cineuropa)
Still images © LUX Audience Award