Australia"sTonyKrawitz(Jewboy,TheTallMan)directstheadaptationofTheSlapauthorChristosTsiolkas"award-winningnovelinthissearingfilmabouthistory,guiltandsecrets.EwenLesliedeliversagreatperformanceasphotographerIsaac,whosefather"sdeathinsuburbanSydneyrevealstheschisminhisfamilyandpromptsareturntotheancestralhomeland.Onatriptohisparent"svillageinGreece,helearnssomethingofhisfather"scursedhistory.Atfirsthedismissestherevelationassuperstitiousnonsense,butoverthecourseofhistravels-fromGreecetoParistoBudapest-Isaacisforcedtoconfronttheanti-Semitismofthepast,theembeddedbigotryinthebonesofEuropeandthenatureofinheritedguilt.ItisonthisfatefultripthatIsaacwilllearnthetruthofhisfamily"smigrationtoAustralia,theirrefusaltoeverreturntoGreece,andtheburdenhecontinuestobearasaconsequenceofactscommittedyearsbeforehisbirth.Krawitzsensitivelydepictsthisclashofmythologyandaverycontemporaryrealityinthisdaringandenigmaticfilmpopulatedbyspiritsandoutcasts.