Farewell to the Parents

The film is based on the eponymous 1960 novel by author Peter Weiss In this autobiographical text the author describes the years of his childhood and youth in Germany in the 20s and 30s as well as the flight of his halfJewish family from persecution by the Nazis This odyssey also portrays the young firstperson narrators struggle for his artistic existence as he was striving to establish himself as a painter and writer In a free sensual essay between fiction and document realistic description and stylised invention the film attempts to kindle todays flame based on the pasts and to create a new and vibrant third work from it Locarno Festival