![]() Research for ‘The Secrets We Keep’ didn’t end there. The characters in ‘The Secrets We Keep’ are, in a way, haunted by the events of the past and struggle to escape them. To better understand how traumatic episodes of the past can influence and dominate the present, Adler and his team delved into the throes of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). ![]() That was the thing that really interested me about that.” Adler was keen to depict such contradictory narratives in a thoughtful manner, without passing judgment or offering a personalized solution to the moral dilemma, with a view that the audience should arrive at its own conclusions.Īdler is also a stickler for in-depth research – he considers himself a ‘grad student’ in that respect – and ensured that every aspect of the film was well thought out. It’s all about these two people, these two personalities clashing. ![]() He said, “I wasn’t there, it wasn’t me.” I thought that’s really interesting. On how, both, the hearings and the movie were fraught with conflicting personal narratives, Adler said, “She said. Both the movie and real-life Ford-Kavanaugh hearings contended with individual, incompatible accounts of the past. I’m almost obsessed with those subject matters – revenge, forgiveness, finding a way to heal things that were wrongly done to you, or emotional scars and trauma.”Īpart from Rapace’s insights, another event took place concurrent with the rewriting of ‘The Secrets We Keep’ and informed the development of the movie: the Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. On how she connected and empathized with Maja’s character, Rapace said, “ not just a good, likable character she’s so layered. Rapace had previously portrayed the now notorious character of Lisbeth Salander from ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.’ Rapace and Adler used Salander as their muse and ensured that Salander’s angst fed into the development of Maja’s character. Rapace brought to the character a wellspring of ideas and emotions. And so, he took a different direction altogether – lead character Maja’s Romani background was heavily inspired by actress Rapace’s own heritage. Lead actress Noomi Rapace, who was already attached to the project, approached Adler to help develop the script for ‘The Secrets We Keep.’Īdler was averse to conceptualizing yet another Holocaust movie he felt that his background as an Israeli had ‘saturated’ him in this issue. The movie is purely a figment of director Yuval Adler and writer Ryan Covington’s imagination. No, ‘The Secrets We Keep’ is not based on a true story. Is ‘The Secrets We Keep’ based on a true story? Here, we explore the inspiration behind ‘The Secrets We Keep’ and uncover how Adler conceived of its concept. Given the film’s complex and involute nature, one may end up wondering whether there’s a grain of truth to its plot.
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