The Invisible Pact
What is passed on without being said.
The Invisible Pact is the name I gave to what is passed on without being said: loyalties, silences, inheritances.
In 2023, I turned towards my father's line, and in particular towards the architect my great-grandfather was. In early 2024, an email from a German genealogist I did not know opened a path I had not expected.
Since then, I have been writing to understand, step by step. I have come to see how much we are shaped by our families, and more broadly by the society we live in.
These texts are reflections and questions, not established truths. You can read them in any order you like.
Where to begin
Inheriting
What shapes us
Searching, then letting go
Creating together
Towards a film
The reflections that feed this story are gathered above. ↑
I would love for there to be a film about this story: a spiritual thriller, a docufiction, about the human beings behind the façades, behind the walls. These texts are part of its raw material.
If you work in cinema, writing, archives or the history of this period, I would be delighted to meet you.