Burning Memories

EllenAstri Lundbys haunting documentary traces the stories of six elders in Norway who grew up under the weight of World War II Reconciling the horrors of the past with the present the elders recount their time as young people as they describe the reality of their childhoods During the countrys fall in 1944 more than 50000 civilians were deported to the south and another 20000 more forced to flee their homes becoming refugees in the same country they called home In the present day the film follows the survivors as they meet with refugees also children from Syria and Sudan Both groups carry similar memories of war hardship and impossible horrors and both the elders and audiences are presented with the same questionhow will the wartime memories of todays refugee children affect them as adults