Fugitive Pieces
Thursday, May 1 • 07:30 PM • Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC
New Jersey Premiere
Fugitive Pieces is a powerful, poetic, and emotionally-charged drama about love, loss and redemption. The film tells the story of Jakob Beer, a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during WWII. As a child in Poland he is orphaned during wartime then saved by a compassionate Greek archeologist. Over the course of his life, he attempts to deal with the losses he has endured. Through his writing, and then through the discovery of true love, Jakob is ultimately freed from the legacy of his past.
Fugitive Pieces is based on the beloved best-selling novel by award-winning writer Anne Michaels.
"Courageous...a film of special humanity." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Achingly beautiful." -Bruce Kirkland, The Toronto Sun
"Emotionally gripping." -Scott Foundas, LA Weekly
Director: Jeremy Podeswa
Country: Canada/Greece
Year: 2008
Length: 105 minutes
Format: Beta Sp
Language: Polish/Greek/Yiddish/English with English subtitles