Terrific

I cannot say enough good things about this masterpiece. LOVED It! Excellent. And while it begins slowly, it sneaks up on you as a great thriller. Easily one of the best movies of the year, and definitely THE BEST so far.

A boy in his early teens is the son of the mayor of a Nazi-occupied town in the Netherlands. He secretly helps a British pilot whose plane crashed in the woods nearby and is working with the partisans. The boy has an uneasy, precarious position because his friends have been arrested and killed for being involved with the partisans, and his father is trying to maintain an uneasy piece with the Nazis to save his village people. At the same time, the boy’s uncle–who is working with the partisans–has moved in. Who can the boy trust? Will he be able to sneak around and save the soldier without risking others’ lives?

Such a young boy shows incredible fortitude and maturity, as many surely did amidst Nazi occupation during World War II, as did many American boys who served, fought, and some of whom lost life or limb. Kids his age in the current era pale in comparison, and I doubt most would have the guts to do against the Islamic threat what this kid and many others did against the Nazis.

In Dutch with English subtitles. A MUST SEE. Terrific. Debbie Schlussel