Phoenix
A Gripping Noirish Study of Treachery, Identity and Survival.
A haunting neo-noir meditation on identity, betrayal, and survival in post-war Berlin, where a disfigured concentration camp survivor tests her husband's fidelity by becoming a stranger to him.
In the aftermath of WWII, German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly has to undergo facial reconstructive surgery following her survival from Auschwitz. Without recognising Nelly, her former husband Johnny asks her to help him claim his wife’s inheritance. To see if he's betrayed her, she agrees, becoming her own doppelgänger.
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