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I Am David

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6.8/10 • 102

2003-12-031h 30m

DramaAdventure

Believe in the power to change your destiny

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.

Directors
Paul Feig
Writters
Paul Feig
Editors
Paul Feig, Steven Weisberg

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  1. Ben Tibber

    Ben Tibber

    David

  2. Jim Caviezel

    Jim Caviezel

    Johannes

  3. Joan Plowright

    Joan Plowright

    Sophie

  4. Hristo Shopov

    Hristo Shopov

    The Man

  5. Silvia De Santis

    Silvia De Santis

    Elsa

  6. Paco Reconti

    Paco Reconti

    Giovanni

  7. Roberto Attias

    Roberto Attias

    Baker

  8. Francesco De Vito

    Francesco De Vito

    Roberto

  9. Paul Feig

    Paul Feig

    American Man

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Wuchak

Aug 14, 2020

6/10

A boy flees the Iron Curtain for a new life in Western Europe Escaping a concentration camp in 1952 Bulgaria, a cynical boy (Ben Tibber) stows away to Italy, traveling the peninsula to Switzerland on his way to Denmark. Will he find liberty and love or more distrust and hatred? Jim Caviezel plays a prisoner at the camp while Joan Plowright is on hand as a warm elderly woman. Based on Anne Holm’s novel “North to Freedom,” “I Am David” (2003) is an indie drama/adventure by Paul Feig (writer/director). The movie effectively reminds us that there was an Iron Curtain from 1945-1989 and that crimes against humanity were pretty much business-as-usual for Communistic governments in USSR and Eastern Bloc countries. The tone is realistic and low-key with a balance of cruelty, mundaneness, tenderness and amusement. Don’t expect earth-shattering events. The human potential for ugliness & atrocities or beauty & goodwill is explored. There are stereotypes but so what? Stereotypes are stereotypes for good reason (they’re often TRUE). This is a testimony to those who escaped to freedom or died trying. It’s relatively moving, but in a subdued way. The film runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot in Bulgaria. GRADE: B-/B

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Status
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Original Language
English
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