alisonryde

Fioretta (2023)

Envy time for genealogists!

If you have a genealogical history like Randol Shoenberg then you are counted among royalty of family history. He is a part of a far flung and highly noted family who leave traces all across Europe way back through Austria, Prague, Florence and Venice, to name just a few locations. For most of us it's impossible to trace a jewish family much farther back than 5 generations at the most. This is a highly personal but nonetheless moving piece of film making, tracing that journey, chasing down documents and gravestones, and new familial relationships. Very watchable. One of the interesting aspects if his relationship with his 18 year old son, along as his wingman, who suffers his role with initially mild but always tolerant, loving and politely affectionate interest and ends up with an enriched understanding of his father's passion.