Treasure (2024)
Directed by Julia Von Heinz
Written by Julia Von Heinz, John Quester
Starring Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry
Release Date June 14th, 2024
Published June 17th, 2024
Treasure stars Lena Dunham as a New York Times reporter on vacation in Poland. It's 1991 and Ruth (Dunham) has come to Poland to see where her parents were born. Joining Ruth is her doting, loving, and a bit goofy dad, Edek (Stephen Fry). Though he told her that this trip was not worth the time and effort, Ruth has insisted and he's come along to make sure she gets around safely. His memories of Poland are the driving force of the story as he survived being at Auschwitz during the War.
Ruth wants to know what her father's experience was like but she's a bit obtuse about how her desire for knowledge affects her father. This comes to light for us, if not for her, when she purchases train tickets to his home city and he refuses. He claims he'd rather ride in a Mercedes owned by a new friend of his, Stefan (Zbigniew Zamachowsk), a cab driver who Edek managed to charm into being their driver in the time it took Ruth to use the bathroom at the airport.
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