It Takes A Family is a family drama about secrets and repressed memories. Director, Susanne Kovacs, is the grandchild of Jewish Holocaust survivors and the daughter of a German mother and a Danish Jewish father. When Susanne is born, in the eyes of her grandparents she is a child of the enemy and a constant reminder of their tragic past. Years later, Susanne starts asking the difficult questions only to discover that the war never really ended in the tormented family; Somehow, the horrors of the past have always been present as a deafening yet unspoken trauma.
The film was broadcast on DR in 2020 and has participated in film festivals all over the world.
The film has been funded by The Danish Film Institute, DR, The Birger Christensen Foundation and The Danish Jewish Museum.
Link to: IMDb
Stream the film on: Danish Dox or Filmstriben.
Director: Susanne Kovács
Producer: Ulrik Gutkin
Cinematographers: Casper Høyberg, DFF & Susanne Kovács
Editor: Marion Tuor
Co-producers: Susanne Kovács, Film i Skåne & Way Creative Films