Fugitive Pieces
Based on the international best-selling novel by Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces is a poetic film about love, loss, and redemption.
It tells the story of Jakob Beer, a writer whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during World War II. As a child in Poland, Jakob is orphaned during wartime, only to be saved by a compassionate Greek archeologist. Over the course of his life, he attempts to deal with the losses he has endured.
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Variety
pressThe cool hand of Canadian writer-director Jeremy Podeswa proves a disappointing match for Fugitive Pieces, a generally dull and unmemorable adaptation of Anne Michaels' extraordinary prose-poetry novel.
The New York Times
pressFor a tale spiked with so much torment, Fugitive Pieces feels remarkably soothing.
Roger Ebert
pressIf Fugitive Pieces has a message, it is that life can heal us, if we allow it.
New Zealand Herald
pressDelicate and beautiful film about conquering the paralysing effects of grief.
Newshub
pressThis book is a deeply moving and affecting read, and while the cinematic adaptation doesn’t fully do the book justice, it’s a worthy attempt.
Los Angeles Times
pressHopscotching time on film is never easy, but Canadian writer-director Jeremy Podeswa handles it with skill and care in Fugitive Pieces, his lovely, absorbing adaptation of Anne Michaels' lauded novel about a circumspect writer haunted by his traumatic past.
Variety
pressThe cool hand of Canadian writer-director Jeremy Podeswa proves a disappointing match for Fugitive Pieces, a generally dull and unmemorable adaptation of Anne Michaels' extraordinary prose-poetry novel.
The New York Times
pressFor a tale spiked with so much torment, Fugitive Pieces feels remarkably soothing.
Roger Ebert
pressIf Fugitive Pieces has a message, it is that life can heal us, if we allow it.
New Zealand Herald
pressDelicate and beautiful film about conquering the paralysing effects of grief.
Newshub
pressThis book is a deeply moving and affecting read, and while the cinematic adaptation doesn’t fully do the book justice, it’s a worthy attempt.
Los Angeles Times
pressHopscotching time on film is never easy, but Canadian writer-director Jeremy Podeswa handles it with skill and care in Fugitive Pieces, his lovely, absorbing adaptation of Anne Michaels' lauded novel about a circumspect writer haunted by his traumatic past.
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