Heimat as a Space in Time

Buried within us in our history, and in history itself, are lingering memories and traces, memories that we can’t understand, that remain closed-off to us. The monumental work upon which Thomas Heise has embarked opens with a red herring, but it’s no Little Red Riding Hood nor a fairy tale. It’s a family saga with multiple ruptures, in which the events of the past century are reflected upon and collide with each other. It becomes a resolute refusal addressed to all those storytellers who tend to transfigure history. Inexorably, it raises the question of the relationship between the past and the present, of knowing whether or not we can learn from it. This film makes a striking statement of impressive beauty that, by creating this space in time, touches the depths of our souls. 

Line Peyron
Head of Streaming Service at Tënk, France