Past Perfect
2002•38m•Released
Documentary
“Past Perfect” is a spirited meditation on the elusiveness and inaccessibility of (Jewish) history as conveyed through sightseeing tours of “Jewish” Poland, a grandmother’s recollection of life in America during War II, and memoir-like “last moments” of a great aunt believed to have died in Treblinka. Shot almost entirely in contemporary Poland, “Past Perfect” lyrically portrays the relentless yet ultimately futile attempt to resuscitate a history literally gone up in smoke.
Director
Cynthia Madansky
Languages
English
Recommended
7.1
The Class of ‘92
2013
6.2
Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.1
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023
7.4
McQueen
2018
7.8
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7.6
35 Up
1991
7.6
To Kill a Tiger
2023
7
Directed by John Ford
1971
6.9
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006
6.7
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
1978
7.2
Come See Me in the Good Light
2025
6.4
A Toxic Love Story
2026
7.3
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
5.9
Trainwreck: The Real Project X
2025
6.4
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
6.5
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
2010
7.2
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
8
My Mom Jayne
2025
7.4
The Director and the Jedi
2018
7.5
28 Up
1984
Similar Movies
Colibrí
2013
Kapry
2015
Intermission (Potrait of Daniel Vicino)
2014
6.2
SP
2015
Develar
2016
Gardel
2016
Neón
2016
Siesta
2018
Lands Of The Sea
2019
Los Años
2018
Volver
2019
Trópico violeta
2019
La Jardinera
2019
Ñachi
2019
7.5
La Mer
1991
Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party
2019
10
Every Ambulation a Betrayal
2017
9.7
Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell
1965
5.8
Congo
1972
The Screen Tests of Cosmotropia de Xam
2014