Land Mine is a fictional narrative based on historical facts and record.
A story that takes place in the immediate aftermath following the liberation of the Nazi Death Camps of Europe in the late summer of 1945, Land Mine is inspired by the testimonial witness of the survivors who returned home to Poland only to be met with violence and continuing prejudice.
Land Mine tells the story about a young man - Samuel, 22 years old, traumatised and now a shell of a man, the only member of his family to survive the Bergen–Belsen Concentration Camp. Samuel returns to Poland to his family’s farm after the horrors he has endured, and finds the farm inhabited by Piotr, a labourer, now running a moonshine business. The Farm is a prize for Piotr, who sees himself as the rightful heir to the farm and the surrounding land.
Samuel disrupting Piotr’s new found equilibrium results in escalating violence and reignites past traumas and painful buried memories for both Samuel and his aggressor.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Darren Statman.
Learn more about the making of Land Mine here.
