The Truce
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Actor: John Turturro, Massimo Ghini, Rade Serbedzija, Stefano Dionisi, Teco CelioBrand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); Latin (Original Language); Polish (Original Language); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
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Movie Review: A touching account of a survivor's journey home
Summary: 5 Stars
Primo Levi, the Italian chemist, Auschwitz survivor and renowned author of works like "Survival in Auschwitz" was an amazing person, a true survivor who refused to forget the horrors that he had endured in Auschwitz and ensured that the world would know of Nazi atrocities through his writing.
In 'The Truce", based on Primo Levi's own experiences, actor John Turturro [in a stirring performance] brings to life the long journey undertaken by Levi from liberation [from Auschwitz by the Red Army] to his home in Turin, Italy. This is a unique Holocaust movie, in that it deals with the aftermath of the camps, and focusses on a survivor's journey home, with all the horrors of war still very much on his mind, and of the uncertainties he faces - will there be a home to return to? What of his family? and so on.
I found the movie, driven by Turturro's amazingly understated performance, to be both compelling and emotionally wrenching. Turturro's Levi is silent most times, conveying his emotions and feelings more with his eyes [the pain in those eyes!] than with words, and I felt this was justifiably so [how does one put into words all the pain that one feels and has endured?] - there's a scene where Levi tries to sell a shirt in a public square to earn money for food. Everyone around him stares at him and he wonders why. A gentleman tells him its because of his camp uniform with its markings, and when Levi tells the man to translate and inform the people that he was a Jew imprisoned in Auschwitz, the man refuses, translating instead that Levi was a political prisoner, saying "people want to forget". This was a credible scene, and reflected the attitude of the general public in Germany, other parts of Europe and the world at the time - most wanted to just get on with life and didn't want to know or remember the horrors of the Holocaust or the war.
Though the movie deals with Levi's journey home, we are reminded of the horrors he has endured with a few flashbacks to the time he was in the camps [albeit briefly]. Yet, there are lighthearted moments, such as a scene where the Russians are celebrating the end of the war and everyone including Levi and other refugees are gathered in the barracks - the song "Cheek to Cheek" plays on the gramophone and the survivors, men and women start glancing at each other and with trepidation start to dance in pairs. It is a heartwrenching moment, and also uplifting for despite the horrors, the intense desire to live and experience joy is very much present.
This is a tale of a man's journey 'home' - and finding hope along the way, hope that overrides despair. Highly recommended!
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