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I Am David

6.8/10
TMDB113 votes
2003Original: English90 min

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a compass to help get him there.

Genres: Drama, Adventure
Cast: Ben Tibber, Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Hristo Shopov, Silvia De Santis

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About I Am David

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I Am David (2003) is a film in the drama, adventure genres. Directed by Paul Feig. The cast includes Ben Tibber, Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Hristo Shopov.

Released
2003-12-03
Original language
English
Runtime
90 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Walden Media, Summit Entertainment, Lions Gate Films
Directors
Paul Feig
Writers
Paul Feig

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Audience reviews

6.8/10 from 113 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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_A boy flees the Iron Curtain for a new life in Western Europe_ Escaping a concentration camp in 1952 Bulgaria, a cynical boy (Ben Tibber) stows away to Italy, traveling the peninsula to Switzerland on his way to Denmark. Will he find liberty and love or more distrust and hatred? Jim Caviezel plays a prisoner at the camp while Joan Plowright is on hand as a warm elderly woman. Based on Anne Holm’s novel “North…

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_A boy flees the Iron Curtain for a new life in Western Europe_ Escaping a concentration camp in 1952 Bulgaria, a cynical boy (Ben Tibber) stows away to Italy, traveling the peninsula to Switzerland on his way to Denmark. Will he find liberty and love or more distrust and hatred? Jim Caviezel plays a prisoner at the camp while Joan Plowright is on hand as a warm elderly woman. Based on Anne Holm’s novel “North to Freedom,” “I Am David” (2003) is an indie drama/adventure by Paul Feig (writer/director). The movie effectively reminds us that there was an Iron Curtain from 1945-1989 and that crimes against humanity were pretty much business-as-usual for Communistic governments in USSR and Eastern Bloc countries. The tone is realistic and low-key with a balance of cruelty, mundaneness, tenderness and amusement. Don’t expect earth-shattering events. The human potential for ugliness & atrocities or beauty & goodwill is explored. There are stereotypes but so what? Stereotypes are stereotypes for good reason (they’re often TRUE). This is a testimony to those who escaped to freedom or died trying. It’s relatively moving, but in a subdued way. The film runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot in Bulgaria. GRADE: B-/B

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A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a compass to help get him there.

Who stars in I Am David?

Ben Tibber, Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Hristo Shopov, Silvia De Santis, Paco Reconti. See the cast cards above for character names.

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