Haiku on a Plum Tree

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Mujah Maraini-Melehi has always felt the invisible burden of her family history. In 1938, her grandparents Topazia and Fosco left their native Italy for a new life in Japan. In 1943, they were interned in a civilian prison camp after refusing to sign a document pledging their allegiance to Mussolini’s Republic of Salò. Using diaries, family photos and the testimony of her mother, aunt, and elderly grandmother, Maraini-Melehi seeks peace and reconciliation in her journey to Japan to the prison camp sites.

Screening as part of the Spring 2018 season of Stranger Than Fiction.

• Country Italy, Japan
• Language English
• Running Time 73 minutes
• Website http://www.haikusonaplumtree.com/
• Director Mujah Maraini Melehi
• Writer Mujah Maraini Melehi, Deborah Belford de Furia

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