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by Gudrun Gruber

RESTORATION

USA, Germany | 2023 | 72:00 min

Formal Categories

Biography / Portrait Coming of Age Family Gender Human Interest Society Human Rights Social Issue

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
More than a decade after a sexual assault in her teen years, Detroit resident Sabrina struggles to get by. Non-epileptic seizures and other post-traumatic symptoms deprive her of her mobility and her freedom. Her father, Darnell, who owns an auto repair shop in the city, is one of her closest confidants. Every day he makes himself available to drive his daughter where she needs to go. Together with her husband Tim, the two men form a cocoon around the young woman, but questions of guilt surrounding the past and her illness dominate family life. The vacant house of Sabrina's godmother, a source of her wounding, becomes the focal point in her need to confront that awful night. Sabrina decides to return to both – her trauma place and her own voice as a writer and speaker – to come to terms with her violent past.
Festivals/Awards
2023
Special Mention – 57 Hof IFF, Germany
2024
27 Diagonale, Graz
39 DOK.fest Munich
Cast and Crew
  • Director Gudrun Gruber
  • Director of Photography Bernd Effenberger
  • Editor Sophie Oldenbourg
  • Score Dominik Giesrigl
Original Languages

English

Production Company
NeoSolaris Filmproduktion
Kaufbeuren
mail@neosolaris.de
http://neosolaris.de
Co-Production Company
HFF München (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film)
Germany
www.hff-muenchen.de
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