Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by rico (A) on December 31, 2006 at 09:38:17

Though the story takes place in a number of European cuntries the film was shot entirely in Romania to save money. It is based on a 60's novel and concerns an 12 year old boy who escapes from an early fifties Romanian Communist labor camp and is instructed by the person who helps him escape to 1) take a sealed envelope to Denmark without ever surrendering it or opening it, 2) trust no one, and 3) blend in wherever possible. He runs into a series of benefactors and betrayers along the way and there is a neat surprise at the end. The supporting cast includes Joan Plowright and James Caviezel. An excellent and moving road movie, one for the entire family.