Australia'sTonyKrawitz(Jewboy,TheTallMan)directstheadaptationofTheSlapauthorChristosTsiolkas'award-winningnovelinthissearingfilmabouthistory,guiltandsecrets.EwenLesliedeliversagreatperformanceasphotographerIsaac,whosefather'sdeathinsuburbanSydneyrevealstheschisminhisfamilyandpromptsareturntotheancestralhomeland.Onatriptohisparent'svillageinGreece,helearnssomethingofhisfather'scursedhistory.Atfirsthedismissestherevelationassuperstitiousnonsense,butoverthecourseofhistravels-fromGreecetoParistoBudapest-Isaacisforcedtoconfronttheanti-Semitismofthepast,theembeddedbigotryinthebonesofEuropeandthenatureofinheritedguilt.ItisonthisfatefultripthatIsaacwilllearnthetruthofhisfamily'smigrationtoAustralia,theirrefusaltoeverreturntoGreece,andtheburdenhecontinuestobearasaconsequenceofactscommittedyearsbeforehisbirth.Krawitzsensitivelydepictsthisclashofmythologyandaverycontemporaryrealityinthisdaringandenigmaticfilmpopulatedbyspiritsandoutcasts.