The D-Word: The Good Intentions

The Good Intentions - Trailer

Genre: Biography, Docu-Drama, Personal Doc, and Investigation
Synopsis: A family, an elepfant in the livingroom, a young director who comes back home to talk about the deneied past. She enters a nightmare of a little universe where everyone is innocent - or maybe not?
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After 7 years away, Beatrice comes back home with her film crew. Her mission is hard: she wants to break the taboo about the violent father. But trying to make her mother and her two older brothers talk about it is not easy: the topic is delicate, everyone fears to hurt the absent father, and soon her family begins to question her intentions. But Beatrice keeps on asking: why is everyone still denying? Why did no one ever talk about the violence and psychological manipulation? What are we feeling guilty about? What did years of avoidance do to this family? Would meeting the father and confronting him help? Is there a chance to make peace with the past?
Beatrice is going to find out – the hard way.
Stage: finished
Running time: 84 minutes

The Good Intentions