I Am David
A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a compass to help get him there.
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Paul Feig
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_**A boy flees the Iron Curtain for a new life in Western Europe**_ Escaping a concentration camp in 1952 Bulgaria, a cynical boy (Ben Tibber) stows away to Italy, traveling the peninsula to Switzerland on his way to Denmark. Will he find liberty and love or more distrust and hatred? Jim Caviezel plays a prisoner at the camp while Joan Plowright is on hand as a warm elderly woman. Based on Anne Holm’s novel “North to Freedom,” “I Am David” (2003) is an indie drama/adventure by Paul Feig (writer/director). The movie effectively reminds us that there was an Iron Curtain from 1945-1989 and that crimes against humanity were pretty much business-as-usual for Communistic governments in USSR and Eastern Bloc countries. The tone is realistic and low-key with a balance of cruelty, mundaneness, tenderness and amusement. Don’t expect earth-shattering events. The human potential for ugliness & atrocities or beauty & goodwill is explored. There are stereotypes but so what? Stereotypes are stereotypes for good reason (they’re often TRUE). This is a testimony to those who escaped to freedom or died trying. It’s relatively moving, but in a subdued way. The film runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot in Bulgaria. GRADE: B-/B
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Paul Feig is the director of I Am David.
The cast of I Am David includes Dobrin Dosev as Border Guard, Jim Caviezel as Johannes, Joan Plowright as Sophie, Paco Reconti as Giovanni, Francesco De Vito as Roberto, Malin Krastev as Policeman, Maria Bonnevie as David's Mother, Alessandro Sperduti as Carlo, Panayot Tzanev as Quarry Guar, Hristo Shopov as The Man, Lucy Russell as American Woman, Maxim Genchev as Policeman, and more.
The duration of I Am David is 1h 30 mins.
Yes. You can watch the I Am David trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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I Am David was released on 03 Dec 2003.
I Am David is listed under Drama and Adventure on Fanbiz.
I Am David has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "_**A boy flees the Iron Curtain for a new life in Western Europe**_ Escaping a concentration camp in 1952 Bulgaria, a cynical boy (Ben Tibber) stows away to Italy, traveling..."
