Fugitive Pieces
2007 · Movie · R · 104 min · ★ 6.2 · 64% critics
After escaping war-torn Poland as a child, a young survivor is taken to Greece and later builds a life in Canada. Spanning years and countries, the story follows memory, displacement, and the long emotional shadow of wartime loss.
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2008-05-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (33 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to reflective wartime dramas and stories about survival, memory, and starting over, especially if White Bird or The Island on Bird Street appealed to you; Not for you if you want something light or fast-paced.
Pros: emotionally resonant story; sweeping time span; thoughtful historical backdrop | Cons: very somber tone; heavy subject matter; slow-moving at times
Themes
- holocaust (shoah)
- world war ii
- childhood trauma
Cast & crew
Rade Šerbedžija
as Athos
Stephen Dillane
as Jakob Beer
Rosamund Pike
as Alex
Ayelet Zurer
as Michaela
Robbie Kay
as Young Jakob
Ed Stoppard
as Ben
Rachelle Lefevre
as Naomi
Nina Dobrev
as Bella
Themis Bazaka
as Mrs Serenou
Yorgos Karamihos
as Ioannis
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa