A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a compass to help get him there.
Acting
Ben Tibber's thousand-yard stare belongs in a museum.
Cinematography
Every sun-drenched Italian frame feels stolen from a darker film.
Writing
The letter's true author? Chef's kiss storytelling.
Director
Paul Feig
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Feig directed this before Bridesmaids — yes, really. His pivot from child Holocaust trauma to Melissa McCarthy falling over was... a choice.
The film softens Anne Holm's 1963 novel significantly; book-David is more feral, less instantly trustable, and the ending far more ambiguous about whether he'll ever recover.
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