Phoenix

A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.

German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly survived Auschwitz but had to undergo reconstructive surgery as her face was disfigured. Without recognizing Nelly, her former husband Johnny asks her to help him claim his wife’s inheritance. To see if he betrayed her, she agrees, becoming her own doppelganger.

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“It's about a woman who is presumed to have died during the Holocaust and reappears, but has to pretend to be the woman that she was. It's Nina Hoss being one of the most stunning actors of her generation.”

Nia DaCosta

Director, Writer