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Surviving with Wolves

2007 · 118 min

A somber, child's-eye journey through wartime woods, blending loss and small kindnesses into a quiet, lingering ache.

Directed by
Véra Belmont
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mathilde Goffart, Yaël Abecassis, Guy Bedos
Overview
In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her mother that advises her that if one day a person comes to her saying "love of my life", she would follow him or her without any question. When her parents are captured by the Nazis, Misha is delivered to a German family and the abusive matriarch gives a bad treatment to the girl. However, she finds support in the family of Ernest and his deranged wife Marthe that supplies groceries to foster family. Misha loves Ernest's dogs and the old man gives a compass to her and tells that her parents have been sent to East to forced labor. When the old couple is denounced for sheltering the girl and arrested by the Germans, Misha flees through the woods heading east. Along her journey seeking out her parents...

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Directed by
Véra Belmont
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mathilde Goffart, Yaël Abecassis, Guy Bedos
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • isolation
  • grief
  • war
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Véra Belmont
Written by
Véra Belmont
Starring
Mathilde Goffart, Yaël Abecassis, Guy Bedos, Michèle Bernier, Benno Fürmann, Anne-Marie Philipe, Franck de la Personne, Marie Kremer
Cinematography
Pierre Cottereau
Runtime
118 min
Country
Belgium, Germany, France
Languages
French

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