R | 2 h 17 min | Drama, Biopic | 2008
“Every day of freedom is like an act of faith. Our revenge is to live.”
Those lines, uttered by the lead character in Edward Zwick’s film, capture its essence.
A professor of sociology and Holocaust survivor-scholar from Connecticut, Nechama Tec, once wrote a book that sets male heroism apart from, and above, macho bravado. Based on a true story, the book redefines heroes as those who avoid wanton violence, who won’t shy away from self-defense, but who would rather save lives than take them.
Tuvia (Daniel Craig) shelter dozens of Jewish refugees during World War II. (MovieStillsDB)
Zwick’s film, based on Tec’s book, is about Jews who hunt in a wilderness for the truth about themselves as a people, and find the resolve to preserve their traditions, even on the run….