there's a great movie out called fugitive pieces. its based on a book with the same name by anne michaels. its about a seven-year-old boy who sees his parents get killed and his sister taken away by the nazis . he had been hidden during this episode. after his family is gone he wanders away by himself and is found by a non-jewish greek man who manages to escape poland with him and hides him in his villa in greece.
after the war the greek man brings the boy to canada to live. they have neighbors who are also survivors who become a part of their lives.
the boy who becomes a man struggles to make sense of his life and learns how to have love in his life because of those in his life who gave him love.
often, because the events of the shoah are so important to remember , the aftermath of the war , and what happened to those who did survive , aren't chronicled as much. this movie tries to delve in to the psyche of one who survived the war.
this is a quiet movie with an important message.
now that i have seen the movie , i would really like to read the book.
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