Nelly & Nadine was one of our highlights at Sheffield DocFest in 2022. Don't miss it when it returns to the screen at the Showroom as part of their LGBTQ+ History Month season.
The documentary is the unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. In the middle of the horrors of the war, the two women begin their life-long love journey.
After two months they are separated when Nelly is transferred to a different camp. After being liberated towards the end of the war, they manage to reunite and decide to start building a life together. For many years Nelly and Nadine’s lifelong relationship was kept a secret, even to some of their closest family.
Now Nelly’s grandchild, Sylvie, has decided to open Nelly and Nadine’s unseen personal archives and uncover their remarkable story. Among the photos, love letters and film reels in the archive, there is also a diary written by Nelly.
Nelly & Nadine is a remarkable story about war sufferings, mysteries, love against all odds, the healing power of music, well kept secrets, and the complicated family stories of concentration camp survivors, still trying to deal with the ghosts of the past.
This screening will feature a special introduction by a member of the Sheffield DocFest team.
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