‘Treasure’ Trailer: Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry Embark on Father-Daughter Road Trip Through WWII Memorials

Samantha Bergeson
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Lena Dunham is back acting, this time alongside Stephen Fry for a poignant father-daughter road trip dramedy.

Dunham and Fry co-lead the upcoming feature “Treasure,” written and directed by Julia von Heinz. “Treasure” centers on a father (Fry) and daughter (Dunham) who opt to road trip through Poland while revisiting their family’s history. Fry stars as Edek, a Holocaust survivor returning to post-socialist Poland in the 1990s. Dunham plays music journalist Ruth, who learns more about her father along the way.

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Dunham also produces the film, along with writer/director von Heinz and Fabian Gasmia. Thomas Jaeger, Antoine Delahousse, and Marius Wtodarski co-produce. The film is adapted from Lily Brett’s novel “Too Many Men.”

“Treasure” marks von Heinz’s third and final installment in her “Aftermath” trilogy, which centers on the aftermath effects of the Holocaust on subsequent generations. The German director previously helmed “And Tomorrow the Entire World” and “Hanna’s Journey.”

“Parental relationships are always complex, but with that first generation who survived the war and the Holocaust, it was even more complicated,” von Heinz said of “Treasure” in an official press statement. “Few of them spoke about it — and not only the victims like Edek, it was the same in Germany with the perpetrators. I wanted to talk about trans-generational trauma but also show that it can be healed if we start telling our history to each other.”

Dunham added in her own press statement that starring in “Treasure” marks one of the first occasions she has acted in a project that she did not write or direct, and thus sets it apart as one that really appealed to her.

“It’s very rare, to be frank, that I’m offered a role of substance, unless I offer it to myself,” Dunham said. “So many women, no matter their shape or size or religious or ethnic background, feel like there is a dearth of roles that honor their truth and allow them to really be part of a story and not just an accessory or cliché. To be even considered for, much less offered, a role that was about so much —including my Jewishness, which is a massive part of my personal identity and understanding of the world but is rare to see as a real aspect of a lead’s story — it’s been such a gift.”

“Treasure” made its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and will next screen at the Tribeca Festival, which takes place June 5 through 16. Bleecker Street and FilmNation Entertainment handle distribution.

After its festival run, “Treasure” will hit theaters on Friday, June 14. Check out the film’s first trailer below.

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