Saturday, May 17, 2008

FUGITIVE PIECES




Drama
In Greek, Yiddish and German with English subtitles

PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Robbie Kay: 7-year-old Jakob
Rade Sherbedgia: Athos, a Greek archeologist
Stephen Dillane: the older Jakob
Rosamund Pike: his girlfriend Alex
Ed Stoppard: their neighbout Ben
Ayelet Zurer: Ben’s girlfriend Michaela

REVIEW
Although it promises to be an interesting film about survival after the war, making use of flashbacks within flashbacks and short snippets soon dooms this to the category of “It’s too complicated and I don’t care anymore”. There are simply too many pieces to sort out. After a while only the lovely Greek islands are of any importance. And it’s not supposed to be a travelogue.

CLASSIFICATION
for sexual situations, nudity and violence.

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