Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces is the lifelong journey of Jakob Beer who as a boy witnesses his families assassination by the Nazi’s but he is saved by a Greek archaeologist named Athos (Rade Serbedzija).As it turns out Jakob ends up inadvertently saving Athos as the two take refuge on a tiny Greek island where not totally unscathed they wait out the war. After VE day Athos is offered a teaching job in Canada where Jakob matures into a handsome writer with a litany of issues brought on by the trauma of his youth. With help from friends and neighbours, the therapeutic effects of writing and a great deal of time happiness comes within his grasp. Stephen Dillane rises to the task of playing Jakob from his 20’s to his 50’s but real kudos go to Robbie Kay who plays the winsome and shattered 11 year old Jakob. How do you find a fresh angle on WW II holocaust atrocities? Well although this may not be totally new, Fugitive Pieces does. From the novel by Anne Michael it’s a very poetic Canadian film that doesn’t have that Canadian look at all but looks like a well made European film.