"This year's Standard Readers' Jury Prize goes to a multifaceted film that succeeds in merging the genres of comedy, period drama and political thriller in a unique way, without losing the connection to an emotionally charged global present. While the fronts increasingly harden, emotions are exploited and collective traumas that were never processed break out again; the two protagonists gradually learn that there are no simple answers and that they have to confront their own past in order to regain their humanity, which allows them to deal with the other's point of view. In a time when political conflicts seem to be escalating all over the world, this film becomes a plea for more togetherness, empathy and understanding, and against the stubborn insistence on ideological positions."
