As the world ignores the plight of Holocaust survivors, a young woman in a Displaced Person's camp strives to emigrate -- forced to choose between her family's future and her own long-held dreams. Based on a true story.

At the end of Schindler's list, we learn what happened to Oskar Schindler... but what about the millions of people -- mainly Jews -- whose lives were in turmoil after the Holocaust?

During the post-war period, there were more than 8 million displaced people in Europe. Jews, who had been forced from their homes by the Nazis, attempted to return, only to be rejected by those who had  moved in during the war.  Most survivors were young people in their 20s, the older and younger members of their families having been killed.  Essentially still children themselves, they had nowhere to go, no family, no money, no idea of how to rebuild their lives.

The Laughter of Strangers is based upon the true story of Ilona and Martin Jacoby.  It follows their journey from 1945, when they were liberated from concentration camps,  through their nearly 4-year stay in a Displaced Person's camp, to their journey to America  in 1949.  We see them meet and marry after 6 weeks, get arrested by the Russians, endure challenges in the DP camp, have a child, argue about their future, nearly die from illness and finally make the journey to their new country.

The Laughter of Strangers is an important story highlighting the importance of agency, the need for resilience, the nature of family and the outsized benefits that ingenuity, backed by strength of will, can deliver.