The Day I Was Not Born
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Florian Cossen
Carlos Portaluppi
Beatriz Spelzini
Michael Gwisdek
Jessica Schwartz
Jessica Schwarz
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria recognizes a nursery rhyme. Maria does not speak a work of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, she remembers the Spanish lyrics. Surprised by this unusual experience, she decides to interrupt her journey and wander through this unfamiliar city. On a call to her father Anton, Maria describes her experience and her peculiar fascination this unfamiliar city. Two days later, Anton suddenly appears at Maria's hotel with a confession: Maria spent the first three years of her life in Buenos Aires during the military dictatorship at the end of the 1970s. The people she thinks are her parents adopted her and brought her to Germany as a toddler. This father and daughter begin a search for Maria's biological parents. Anton makes every effort not to lose his daughter.
