Two sisters adopted from China confront their fragmentary past in this sensitive portrait that blends personal archival footage and origami-inspired collages.
Two sisters who had been adopted internationally explore and compare their respective pasts for the first time. Their candid discussion reveals both an ambivalence toward their abandonment and the strength of their sisterly bond. By transforming their personal archives into a collage inspired by origami, Fanny Lord-Bourcier fills in the blurry areas of their shared history.
Ambiguous Losses, Fanny Lord-Bourcier, provided by the National Film Board of Canada