Edges Of The Lord

2001, Movie, R, 95 mins

Edges Of The Lord: Review

Despite its heart-wrenching subject matter, this WWII drama lacks the sensitive direction that characterizes the best explorations of traumatized childhood, such as LACOMBE LUCIEN (1974) and FORBIDDEN GAMES (1951). During the German occupation of Poland, two Jewish parents drill their 12 year-old, Romek (Hale Joel Osment), in the rudiments of the Catholic faith so he can be passed off as the child of a sympathetic gentile farmer, Gniecio (Olaf Lubaszenko). Although t... read more leave a comment