Bedrock (Roche-mère)

Bedrock draws a psychological portrait of Poland from the perspective of Poles living on Holocaust sites today. The Nazi camps were dismantled 80 years ago. Some were razed, others turned into museums, children’s psychiatric hospitals, or ordinary homes. In this observational documentary Kinga Michalska visits a dozen such sites where protagonists navigate the complex terrain of trauma, responsibility and denial in their daily routines. Following in the footsteps of a young man determined to preserve the traces of victims buried across the country. A Catholic family debates Polish complicity in a wartime pogrom as their town prepares for its annual commemoration. Football fans in the village of Birkenau celebrate their local team’s victory. Haunting, delicate, and deeply introspective, this journey into memory confronts the complexity of emotions and the paradoxes faced by those living in the shadow of the past. A work of uncommon power that probes not only the past, but also the horrors of the present that feels all too urgent.

The October 10th and 13th screenings will be followed by a Q&A featuring members from the cast & crew.