18/42

Through the eyes of a strong-willed woman comes the remarkable story of Irena Gut, and the triumphs of the human spirit over devastating tragedy, as she risked her life to save a generation of Jews from the atrocities of the Holocaust The movie got a much wider theatrical release in Canada than the typical Canadian movie, for some reason its distributor, Elevation Pictures, decided not to give the movie a substantial marketing budget. As a result, the movie did poorly at the box office, and was pulled from most theaters at the end of its third week or release Border of Poland. This area of ​​Poland was invaded by the Soviet Union. Irena Gut Opdyke: What does it matter who we are? What we do is who we are.. BoumMusic by Charles TrenetLyrics by Charles TrenetPerformed by Charlie and His Orchestra. I fully confess to doing a poor job of keeping up with current film releases over the past several years, as my knowledge has mostly been ad hoc, based on what's showing up on my streaming services. I'd heard nothing of this film until seeing it on the carte on Showtime a couple of nights ago, knew almost the same about any of the parties involved. I also rarely write notes on IMDB but am drawn in this instance in light of the undeservedly mediocre overall score, skewed by one review which seems ridiculous in all regards to me. So, onto the film itself. As others have noted, the acting and production values ​​can be uneven, but what a story! There's more than a bit of Schindler's List here, but this is even more extraordinary, with the protagonist having anything but a privileged position. Others have recapped the plot well; I won't do that here, but as impressive as this is as a yarn, what's more so is the moral complexity and humanity of almost all of the characters, even the Germans, and the gimlet eyed vision of the filmmaker that, although they're not the primary bad guys here, the Soviets have almost as much to answer for as the Nazis for their actions during this time, very much putting the lie to the "Good Fight" misnomer (as so many other things, entirely unrelated to this film, like Japanese-American internment, our bombing of civilian populations in Germany and Japan, indifference to the plight of European Jews, etc., etc., do too). I'm often moved by great cinema, but I must admit getting a bit more than teary watching the follow up stories of the real life characters which roll during the final credits (don't miss this!). This nets out for me somewhere between an 8 and a 9, but it gets the benefit of the doubt for the greatness of the story and the need to bump up the collective score here. I note that while this movie isn't Polish, it's set there, making for a duo of two of the best films of the past years I've seen along with "Forgotten Love". Highly recommended.

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