Give this film points for trying something different but at the same time it loses a few for having it fail.
The plot follows teenage-ish young boy living on what would be the Eastern front of the Second World War in Europe as he has to deal with family matters, a traveling show, the German occupiers and the liberating Communists. Its almost what it was like in small town in the mountains during the war, but not quite.
This is a deeply flawed film that has a couple of serious things working against it.
First there is simply too much going on for an 85 minute movie. Its a war film, a coming of age film and a few other things all rolled into one. Its just too much.
The other most serious flaw is that the lead character is was was too innocent. Everything strikes him as if he was just waking up from a dream, from the family problems, to the behavior of the two sides that are fighting, to the other people in his life. It is simply not possible to have a character this incredibly naive and have the film work. What is is emotionally five? It just doesn't work and the whole film collapses on it self.
I can not recommend this film because it just doesn't work.
The plot follows teenage-ish young boy living on what would be the Eastern front of the Second World War in Europe as he has to deal with family matters, a traveling show, the German occupiers and the liberating Communists. Its almost what it was like in small town in the mountains during the war, but not quite.
This is a deeply flawed film that has a couple of serious things working against it.
First there is simply too much going on for an 85 minute movie. Its a war film, a coming of age film and a few other things all rolled into one. Its just too much.
The other most serious flaw is that the lead character is was was too innocent. Everything strikes him as if he was just waking up from a dream, from the family problems, to the behavior of the two sides that are fighting, to the other people in his life. It is simply not possible to have a character this incredibly naive and have the film work. What is is emotionally five? It just doesn't work and the whole film collapses on it self.
I can not recommend this film because it just doesn't work.