L'histoire remarquable et véridique de la survie d'un garçon juif caché et traqué dans les forêts de l'Europe de l'Est occupée par les nazis.L'histoire remarquable et véridique de la survie d'un garçon juif caché et traqué dans les forêts de l'Europe de l'Est occupée par les nazis.L'histoire remarquable et véridique de la survie d'un garçon juif caché et traqué dans les forêts de l'Europe de l'Est occupée par les nazis.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Récompenses
- 1 victoire et 2 nominations au total
Joshua Peace
- Police Sergeant
- (as Josh Peace)
Roland Piers
- Head Guard
- (voix)
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It's 1943. Max (Jett Klyne) is a Jewish boy from Buchach in modern day Ukraine. He escapes from a prison camp leaving behind his mother and sister. His aunt buys him sanctuary with a family, but eventually he is forced to hide in the woods.
This is a true story. I wouldn't ask the filmmaker to fictionalize anything that she doesn't want to. It does lose intensity over time as he spends time in the woods. The story feels like it's meandering from one event to the next. The early escape remains the most compelling scene in the movie. This is certainly an important story to tell. I'm not convinced that it's a good telling.
This is a true story. I wouldn't ask the filmmaker to fictionalize anything that she doesn't want to. It does lose intensity over time as he spends time in the woods. The story feels like it's meandering from one event to the next. The early escape remains the most compelling scene in the movie. This is certainly an important story to tell. I'm not convinced that it's a good telling.
The story itself is one of tremendous hardship, bravery, and survival. For what appears to be a limited budget film the director is still able to deliver. There is no doubt that the acting leaves quite a bit to be desired. The costume design is not up to what you would expect and the camera shots are not good but acceptable.
Again, despite all its flaws the film stays on course and delivers its message. The ending scene where it shows the real life character for me adds so much to it all. Being able to see the human connection in real life added so much strength to the importance of the story and why it was essential that it was told. The saying "save one life, save the world" is played out in real time as you get to see the generations saved by one little boys brave decision and the sacrifice of others made to protect this life in a time of great danger.
Again, despite all its flaws the film stays on course and delivers its message. The ending scene where it shows the real life character for me adds so much to it all. Being able to see the human connection in real life added so much strength to the importance of the story and why it was essential that it was told. The saying "save one life, save the world" is played out in real time as you get to see the generations saved by one little boys brave decision and the sacrifice of others made to protect this life in a time of great danger.
I'm a big fan of Richard Aremitage from his work in MI-5 and other projects so he was the main reason I purchased this video. And I have a big interest in WWll stories like this one about a young Jewish boy separated from his Mom who is sent to a concentration camp But neither Richard nor the young actor playing the boy in the woods can save the film from being a painfully slow, near wordless 90 minute cure for insomnia. There isn't much to the story; a young boy left to fend for himself during the Nazis occupation of Poland. The dialogue is minimal and many scenes of the boy in the woods go on and on adding up to nothing. It all adds up to a waste of 90 minutes of your time watching a film you won't likely enjoy.
I had to write something because I was stunned at the low rating here on IMDB. The movie was for me waaaay better than current 5,4 stars (August 2024).
As fiction it would have not worked, but as it is a true story it hits differently. There are connections made to real life people and events. It's amazing what people have had to survive. And how little it takes to either continue or end generations. This is not a movie about atrocities of the Holocaust, altough they obviously are a the root of all that happens. I liked this one person survival perspective and this type of story that's rare in this context.
The boy lead does a wonderful job, as does his buddy in the film. There are some quite cliche types here and there, but then again I'm sure that's how they were, and I'll have to take in the film makers' vision.
I'm happy that I got to experience this story. Thank you. I will now research if I can find the documentary referenced at the end.
As fiction it would have not worked, but as it is a true story it hits differently. There are connections made to real life people and events. It's amazing what people have had to survive. And how little it takes to either continue or end generations. This is not a movie about atrocities of the Holocaust, altough they obviously are a the root of all that happens. I liked this one person survival perspective and this type of story that's rare in this context.
The boy lead does a wonderful job, as does his buddy in the film. There are some quite cliche types here and there, but then again I'm sure that's how they were, and I'll have to take in the film makers' vision.
I'm happy that I got to experience this story. Thank you. I will now research if I can find the documentary referenced at the end.
It seems that various young Jews who survived the Nazis found their way to Canada, and Canadians end up telling their stories.
In this case, it was 1943, and the Jewish population of a small town in eastern Poland (now north-west Ukraine) was about to be "resettled". Urged by his mother, Max, a 12-year-old boy, manages to escape, meets pre-arranged Gentile family friends, who send him to live with a farm family as their nephew. However, as the reward for finding Jews go up, it becomes too dangerous, and the farmer sends him to the woods, living with in a small cave with little equipment, surviving on foraging, and catching the occasional rabbit.
Along the way, Max meets and befriends a younger boy, who has also been hiding in the woods, but whose parents have not returned from finding food.
This tale is well told. The Northern Ontario location stands in well as the Polish woods. The boys who hold up the film acquit themselves well. My beef is that, over many months, the boys still seem reasonably well groomed, and their clothes not all caked in mud.
In this case, it was 1943, and the Jewish population of a small town in eastern Poland (now north-west Ukraine) was about to be "resettled". Urged by his mother, Max, a 12-year-old boy, manages to escape, meets pre-arranged Gentile family friends, who send him to live with a farm family as their nephew. However, as the reward for finding Jews go up, it becomes too dangerous, and the farmer sends him to the woods, living with in a small cave with little equipment, surviving on foraging, and catching the occasional rabbit.
Along the way, Max meets and befriends a younger boy, who has also been hiding in the woods, but whose parents have not returned from finding food.
This tale is well told. The Northern Ontario location stands in well as the Polish woods. The boys who hold up the film acquit themselves well. My beef is that, over many months, the boys still seem reasonably well groomed, and their clothes not all caked in mud.
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- AnecdotesRebecca Snow took on the project of "The Boy in the Woods" inspired by Maxwell Smart's true story of survival. She met him while making the documentary Cheating Hitler.
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- 1h 41min(101 min)
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