Synopsis
March of 1968 signifies a special moment in Poland's post-war history. Thousands of Polish Jews were forced to leave their country of birth as a result of an anti-Semitic campaign launched by the communist authorities. Among them was the film director's father, who, for many years, was not allowed to go back. Rozenbaum uses archival materials and tells the story of his family in a personal as well as perverse and amusing way. The starting point is a meeting of 1968 emigrants in the Israeli town of Ashkelon, where the director stayed with his parents when he was a child and where he had his first encounter with alcohol. The film was made during the documentary workshops entitled March 1968. Farewells and Returns organized as a part of the Polish Year in Israel 2008-2009.
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