Just before twilight, a small plane lands on the runway of a country airport. One passenger disembarks: Joe, the last survivor of a Jewish family, the Falsches. He has an appointment with them all tonight, forty years after leaving Berlin for New York in 1938. The Falsches are all waiting for him in the arrival lounge: those who perished in the concentration camps; those who left with Joe in 1938; and those who returned to Berlin after the war. Lilli, a young German woman, is there too; she is the daughter of a Nazi official, who was the love of Joe's youth, and who died during the bombing of Berlin. For Joe, it is a night of encounters, of celebrations beyond life and death.
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Cast
16 people
Bruno Cremer
Joe
Known for
Sorcerer
Under the Sand
Jacqueline Bollen
Lilli
Also in
Unseen
Thomas in Love
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Christian Crahay
Gustav
Known for
The Truth
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
Luc Dardenne
Nicole Colchat
Mina
Known for
Three Days and a Life
Violette
René Kalisky
Bérengère Dautun
Rachel
Also in
Lupin
Potatoes
John Dobrynine
Georg
Known for
Erased
Nico, 1988
Millie Dardenne
Bela
André Lenaerts
Ruben
Also in
Il court, il court, le monde
Christian Maillet
Jacob
Known for
The Devil's Nightmare
Luc Dardenne Director · Jean-Pierre Dardenne Director René Kalisky Author
First release January 1, 1987 · Produced in France, Belgium · Languages English, French
Production
Dérives Productions
Production
France · Belgium
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Belgium · January 1, 1987
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 7, 1987 · Premiere · Source: IMDB (Cannes)
Greece
November 14, 2008 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hungary
September 25, 1992 · TV premiere
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