NELLY & NADINE

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SUN OCT 16| 2:15 PM | NORTHWEST FILM FORUM
AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY OCT 13-23

NELLY & NADINE
Magnus Gertten; 2022; Sweden / Belgium / Norway; 92 min.
French, English, Swedish with English Subtitles

An epic love story unfolds in this riveting documentary about the Belgian opera singer Nelly Mousset-Vosand and her life-long partner Nadine Hwang, who met and fell in love on Christmas Eve in the Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1944. Despite being separated during the last months of WWII, Nelly and Nadine managed to reunite and spend the rest of their life together in Venezuela. Their love story, which was kept a secret from their families, is rediscovered by Nelly’s grandchild Sylvie, who opens the never before seen personal archives and brings forward their story. The diary, photographs, Super 8 footage, and audio recordings of resistance members reveal harrowing memories of the camp, Nelly’s relationship with Nadine, and their life after the war.

Winner of the Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, NELLY& NADINE is a beautiful and powerful story of enduring love.