Director Paweł Pawlikowski’s follow-up to his Oscar®-nominated Cold War is another stunner for which he won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Shot in black and white, the film tells the story of writer Thomas Mann’s (Hanns Zischler) return visit to his homeland after WWII as he visited both East and West Germany with his daughter (Sandra Hüller). When news of a family tragedy reaches them, Mann forges ahead with his trip despite his daughter’s wishes. Subtitles. 82 mins. “To watch Paweł Pawlikowski’s eloquent drama Fatherland is to commune with an artist in full command of his medium.” – Robert Daniels, rogerebert.com.