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Max Richter (/ˈrɪxtər/; German: [ˈʁɪçtɐ]; born 22 March 1966) is a German-born British composer and pianist. He works within postminimalist and contemporary classical styles. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Academy of Music in London, and studied with Luciano Berio in Italy. Richter arranges, performs, and composes music for stage, opera, ballet and screen. He has collaborated with other musicians, as well as with performance, installation and media artists. He has recorded eight solo albums, and his music is widely used in cinema. As of December 2019, Richter has passed one billion streams and one million album sales. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Richter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The film follows Art Spiegelman as he interviews his father, Vladek Spiegelman, about his experiences as a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz during the Holocaust. As Vladek recounts the horrors he faced, the story moves between the past and present, showing Vladek’s struggles for survival and Art’s efforts to understand his father’s trauma. Anja Spiegelman, Art’s mother, appears through Vladek’s memories, highlighting the emotional toll the Holocaust took on their family. The movie explores themes of memory, survival, guilt, and the legacy of trauma across generations.
