First Assistant Camera
East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.
First Assistant Camera
Ruanda. Durante 30 anos, o governo de maioria Hutu perseguiu a minoria Tutsi. Pressionado pelo ocidente, o governo aceitou dividir o poder com os Tutsis, mesmo contra a vontade. Porém em 6 de abril de 1994 tem início um genocídio, que mata quase um milhão de pessoas em apenas 100 dias. Neste contexto um padre inglês e seu ajudante tentam fazer o que podem para ajudar a minoria Tutsi, mesmo tendo a opção de partirem para a Europa.
