Heirloom

Synopsis

Séquel d’In Vitro, le précédent film (court métrage) des réalisateurs, Heirloom est une vision dystopique de Bethléem, trois décennies après une éco-apocalypse qui l’a ravagée. Alia, 25 ans, est en charge du verger au sein du “nouveau” peuple palestinien, cloné et programmé pour perpétuer cette civilisation sans se souvenir des traumatismes vécus par leurs aïeux. Mais peu à peu, des souvenirs qui ne semblent pas les siens perturbent gravement la place d’Alia au sein de sa communauté…

In english dans le texte
30 years after an apocalypse, the new citizens of Bethlehem return to the town they left behind. All inhabitants are 28-year-old clones engineered from the remnants of children lost in the apocalypse – the first generation to return as part of a large-scale experiment monitored by a group of elders. The aim is to restore life to a time long before the disaster and redesign the Palestinian identity, attempting to rid it of historical trauma. Each clone carries the childhood memories of their genetic ancestor, while their personal pasts have been erased. Coupled up for purposes of reproduction, Alia and Elias have no knowledge of the experiment they are part of, but live their carefree lives in a commune-like environment, until Alia is haunted by vivid images from an estranged past, and life as she understands it begins to unravel. Her search for answers leads her to an old stone cabin with a staircase leading to the far corners of her own unhinged memories