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Fugitive Pieces

Thursday, April 30, 6:15 PM at SIFF Cinema at the Uptown

Director(s): Jeremy Podeswa

Country: Canada

Year: 2008

Length: 105 MINUTES

Format: 35mm

Language: English, German, Yiddish and Greek w/English subtitles

Jakob Beer's life is haunted by his childhood experiences during WWII. Orphaned in Poland, he is then saved by a compassionate Greek archeologist (Rade Serbedzija). Over the course of his life, Jakob attempts to deal with the losses he has endured. Through his writing, relationships and true love, he is finally freed from the legacy of his past. Fugitive Pieces is based on the beloved best-selling novel by Anne Michaels. A powerful, poetic, and emotionally-charged drama about loss, love and redemption, starring Ayelet Zurer (Munich) and Stephen Dillane (The Hours). Plays with: Ceremonies of the Horseman.

Topics: Holocaust, Trauma, Romance, Literature, Drama

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PRINT SOURCE: IDP Distribution (Samuel Goldwyn)

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1133 Broadway, Suite 926
New York, 10010, New York, USA

PHONE: 212.367.9435

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Sean McDonnell, sean@idpfilm.com


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