A charismatic Holocaust survivor inspires her family to connect to relatives they could never meet. Focusing on her brother, Kalman, Anna recounts tales of a mischievous boy who tried to escape the Warsaw ghetto with her. Her daughter, an artist, devours the stories and paints his portrait over and over again. As Kalman's face emerges on canvas, the film travels back and forth in time from the Warsaw ghetto to summers in a Catskills bungalow colony; from vibrant family life before World War II to now. As the loving family that grew from two survivors creates art and music and celebrated together, the film shows how four generations find light even in the darkest of places, with a resiliency that moves us to do the same.