Fugitive Pieces (2007)

6/10

Beautiful story mixed with breathtaking scenes.
Fugitive Pieces is about a boy, Jakob, who escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada. (imdb)

This story is told in a mix of flashbacks and present view following the life of Jakob Beer. The beauty of this film lies in the way Jakob's story is told, we see bits of his past intertwined with his present life. Throughout the movie, we hear stories of different families and people during the war in bits and pieces, not knowing who the stories are about or if they are true. As can really sense the aftermath of a war and the deep impact it leaves.

I love the entire cast, especially the supporting cast of this movie. A mostly Canadian cast we see many familar faces such as Nina Dobrev (Vampire Daries),Devon Bostick (Diaries of a Wimpy Kid), Rachelle Lefevre (which I first remember her in the YTV show STUDENT BODY).

We are not shown too much bloodshed but through Jakob's narrative, the war is brought very real and fearful.

We never really known the chronological order of the events, all we can do is put the different pieces together in our minds and form our own version of the story.