Us and Them

Germany, 1939. Ava, a married Jewish woman falls in love with Hans, a Christian industrial factory worker. As the affair develops and the ravages and desperation of the war intensifies, Ava is faced with a fateful choice: to flee with her husband and children or remain with her German lover. Can she escape the darkness that consumes her? From prewar European cafes to small towns engulfed by unspeakable atrocities, poignant story telling intimately examines loyalties, love, hope and the depths we descend to in order to protect those dearest to us. Wrought with danger, love and what it means to hold onto the dissipating vestiges of the human spirit in inhumane circumstances, Us and Them offers an illustrative portrait of family and individual life in a period of rupture, chaos and volatility.