He found himself in the love around him.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Stephen Dillane, Rade Serbedzija, Rosamund Pike, Ayelet Zurer, Robbie Kay, Ed Stoppard, Rachelle Lefevre, Nina Dobrev |
Director |
Jeremy Podeswa |
Screenplay | Jeremy Podeswa, from the novel by Anne Michaels |
Music | Nikos Kypourgos |
Cinematography | Gregory Middleton |
Editing | Wiebke von Carolsfeld |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
Made in | 2007 |
Produced by | Cinegram, Seredipity Point Films, Strada Films |
Official Site | IMDB page
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Genre | War, drama |
Language | None |
Nudity | Very brief and mild |
Sex | Some brief but fairly strongly implied sex scenes |
Violence | Low impact but fairly intense implied scenes, moderate frequency. |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | Seen through the eyes of a small boy, this movie tells the story of a Polish Jewish child rescued by a kindly man after his family is destroyed by the Nazis. Sensitively told. |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer | 15 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 15 | |
iAfrica.com Rebekah Kendal | 15 | |
The Citizen Peter Feldman | 12 | |
24.com Finn Gregory | 5 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 18 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson A work of great sensitivity and beauty. | 15 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli Fugitive Pieces can be described as ''forgettable.'' The film has lofty goals, but comes across as leaden and pretentious. It’s a character study in which the lead participant is the least interesting person in the movie. | 10 | |
Metacritic.com 19 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 42 critics | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Though the retelling is a bit too subtle, the moving story and solid performances lift Fugitive Pieces beyond standard holocaust tales. | 13 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 282 Netizens Too long and slow. | 14 | |
Average .. 65% | 13 |