For over a hundred years, Mărculeşti was a vibrant Jewish agricultural and mercantile community in Bessarabia (now present-day Moldova). In July 1941, the village was the site of an unimaginable atrocity. Seventy-three years later, few speak clearly or honestly about what happened. ABSENT is a cinematic portrait of the ghost village of Mărculeşti, its current inhabitants, and their very complex relationship to their own history.

"Must-see! A sublime expression of both a country and a mentality." -- Stefan Dobroiu, Cineuropa
"Fascinating. A film about the difficulty, the impossibility, of language when the subject is unspeakable." -- Michael Silverblatt, KCRW.
"Brilliant! A meaningful document of denial." -- Arnold Schwartzman (Academy Award Winner, GENOCIDE)
One of the Top Ten Films of 2015 -- Cine Maldito