Sometimes film adaptations work better when they’re a bit different than the source material. But after learning about the book “Treasure” was based on, I wish it would have been more faithful.
Set in 1991, “Treasure” stars Lena Dunham as Ruth, a journalist from New York City who’s visiting Poland to learn about where her parents grew up before being taken to concentration camps by Germans during World War II.
She’s accompanied by her father Edek (Stephen Fry) on the trip and the two set out on visiting a few of the towns he was familiar with. However, the situation is strained because Ruth is still getting over a difficult divorce and both she and her father are mourning the loss of the family matriarch.
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