Forgotten

Alex Schmidt : 2012
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During their childhood, Hanna and Clarissa were best friends. They spent every vacation together with their parents in an old summer house on a small island. Shortly after Hanna's ninth birthday they suddenly lost touch and only meet again unexpectedly now, 25 years later. The two women pick up their friendship where they left off and spontaneously decide to spend a few days on the island. Accompanied by Hanna's 7-year-old daughter Lea, they return to the place where they spent their childhood. When Hanna learns that Maria, a playmate of hers from the island's village, disappeared as a child and was never seen or heard from again, she begins to search the past. Something horrible must have happened on the island back then. But the closer Hanna gets to the dark secret, the more threatening life becomes for her and her daughter, and the greater the menace. The truth that comes to light is more terrible and horrifying than Hanna could ever have imagined. Alex Schmidt's sophisticated mystery thriller, her debut feature, premiered at La Biennale di Venezia 2012.