Fugitive Pieces DVD, 2007

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MovieMail's Review

Jeremy Podeswa’s film of the Orange Prize-winning novel by Anne Michaels went under the radar on its theatrical release – a fate it doesn’t deserve. Similarly undetected at the beginning of the film is little Jakob Beer (Robbie Kay, a child actor surely going places), who watches from his hiding place while the Nazis kill his parents and drag away his sister. After being rescued and adopted by a Greek archaeologist working nearby (Rade Serbedzija, craggily paternal) the two of them emigrate to Canada, where the adult Jakob (a quietly intense Stephen Dillane) becomes a writer and risks isolating himself from those around him as he struggles with old ghosts.

Writer/director Podeswa preserves the flashbacks of Michaels’ novel, unfolding the double narrative of Jakob’s past and present in scenes that switch constantly between darkness and light. In the end, a story ostensibly about the terrible legacy of the Holocaust becomes a universal tale about the burden of loss and a journey out of the shadows.

Nick Riddle on 1st August 2009
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Film Information

Director - Jeremy Podeswa

Produced - 2007

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - European Film, Canadian Film

Cast - Stephen Dillane, Ed Stoppard, Rosamund Pike, Rachelle Lefevre

DVD Details

Certificate:	15	Publisher:	Soda Pictures	Region:	2
Length:	106 mins	Cat No:	SODA092
Format:	DVD Colour

Film Description

An adaptation of Anne Michaels' award-winning novel. Stephen Dillane stars as Jakob Beer, who is orphaned as a young boy in Poland during World War II before being saved by a Greek archaeologist and taken to live on a Greek island for the duration of the war. After the war, Athos takes Jakob to start a new life in Canada, where he grows up, becomes a writer and marries the vibrant Alex (Rosamund Pike). But Jakob's memories of the holocaust continue to consume him until he realises that he cannot move on with his life without facing up to the demons of his past.