![]() When he says “I did it”, Lewis executes him out of rage. He is horrified, not believing he could do what he had done he was present during the murders and tells Maja she never ran away, as she had always believed. They acted quickly and in a frenzy as the Russians were closing in. Thomas, feeling great remorse, eventually confesses his crimes, telling Maja he and the other soldiers were on amphetamines and had been up for five nights. Maja recalls the memories of witnessing soldiers raping and killing women during the war and leaving her sister behind. Maja threatens to shoot him if he doesn't tell her the truth. Maja and Lewis then bring Thomas to the outskirts of town where they have dug a pit and make Thomas kneel in front of the pit. ![]() Maja visits Rachel again at her home where Rachel tells her that Thomas does not like to discuss his past war experiences or his family. Meanwhile Lewis plans to release Thomas, believing that he won't go to the police, Maja continues to demand that Thomas confess to his war crimes. She cuts off his finger and takes his wedding band with the same Star of David inside that is similar to Rachel's wedding band. He continues to insist his name is Thomas but then she sees his wedding band. ![]() Believing that Thomas stole the ring from a Jewish victim, Maja goes back to her home to force Thomas to tell her his last name but then Thomas attempts to shoot her with a gun he'd hidden earlier but misses. Maja pays a visit to Rachel at her home, where she discovers the wedding ring she wears has a Star of David engraved on the inside. Thomas added that he became a naturalized citizen of the United States after he married Rachel, and promises that he will not go to the police because he forged travel visa document in order to stay in the U.S. When Thomas is confronted by Lewis, he tells him that he was in Zurich for the entire duration of the war and also tells him the name of his acquaintances to prove his whereabouts during the war. She reveals that her sister Miriah was among the victims. Throughout the film, a series of flashbacks reveal the German soldiers killing and raping the women. At the clinic where Lewis is working, he looks up a document about Thomas, stating that he is indeed a native from Switzerland.Īt the house, Thomas continues to deny Maja's allegations of Thomas' crimes until she forces him to say " Zigeunerfotze" ( German word for "Gypsy Cunt"). The next day the neighbor accompanied by police and Thomas' wife, Rachel, are going house to house, searching for Rachel's husband and the source of the screaming the night before. When one of the neighbors named Jim is awakened by Thomas' yell, Maja convinces him that it came from the street. Thomas attempts to escape and yells for help at the front door but Lewis incapacitates him. There, Maja interrogates the man who insists that his name is Thomas Steinmann and that he is Swiss but Maja disputes him, telling him that his name is “Karl” and recounting the background of his war crimes. The two of them then bring the man to the basement and tie him up in a chair. She then admits that she has put the man, who she thinks is a Nazi war criminal, in the trunk of their car, further disturbing Lewis. Returning to the house, Maja tells Lewis her past memories, saying that she and some other women escaped to Romania where the SS soldiers found them and murdered several of them. The next day, on the pretense that her car broke down, Maja knocks the man out and puts him in the trunk. She tails him to the house where she sees that he has a wife and two children. While walking on the street, she recognizes a man who she believes is a former German soldier she encountered 15 years before. In post- World War II America, Maja Reid is a Romanian refugee who has built a new life with her American husband, Lewis, and their young son, Patrick, but she is still haunted by her dark memories of the war, still having nightmares. The Secrets We Keep was released in the United States via a limited release on September 16, 2020, followed by video on demand release on October 16, 2020, by Bleecker Street. The film stars Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, and Chris Messina. The Secrets We Keep is a 2020 American thriller drama film directed by Yuval Adler, from a screenplay by Adler and Ryan Covington.
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