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The film sheds light on the "Rhineland Bastards," a term used by the Nazi regime to persecute biracial children, a group often overlooked in mainstream WWII cinema. Production Context
Set in 1944, the film follows (Stenberg), the daughter of a white German mother and a Black French colonial soldier. Living in constant fear of the Gestapo, Leyna's life is a tightrope walk between her German identity and the regime's racial purity laws. Where Hands Touch Drama, Romance, Guerra 2018 2...
The central romance serves as a lens to examine whether human empathy can survive in a system designed to destroy it. The film sheds light on the "Rhineland Bastards,"
