Restitution

"In Central Illinois, siblings Kate and Martin grew up with little knowledge of their mother's childhood in East Germany. Too preoccupied with the absence of their father and their mother's struggles as a single parent, they never thought to ask. Years later, with the Berlin Wall's fall, they confront a life-altering question: should they attempt to reclaim their grandparents' home, left behind when their family fled in the 1950s? Traveling to their grandparents' hometown, they meet the current residents of the house, only to discover that a home holds more than just memories. The secrets they uncover threaten to unravel their bond, mirroring the divisions in a reunifying Germany. Restitution is set against this historic backdrop, probing vital questions that resonate today: What remains when lives are abandoned? What happens when personal histories are forgotten? And what-if anything-can mend the wounds of the past?"--