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The Truce

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Based on his autobiography of the same name, the film details the long and arduous journey home of Italian prisoner of war Primo Levi (John Turturro), after the liberation of Auschwitz at the end of World War II. A chemist before being captured by the Nazis, Levi is one of the first prisoners to leave the concentration camp upon its fall at the hands of Soviet forces in 1945. However, his route back to his home in the Italian city of Turin is torturous, with stops throughout Eastern Europe.
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Rick Groen Globe and Mail It fails to find a way of capturing the fine moral discriminations inherent to Levi's prose. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Stephen Holden New York Times Turturro gives what may be the screen performance of his career. Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Stanley Kauffmann The New Republic Despite all that Rosi and Turturro can do, the Levi we look at and listen to is not near the Levi we know. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Aug 27, 2005 Full Review Ed Scheid Boxoffice Magazine Contains too many characters and scenes that are familiar from other films set in the same period. Rated: 2.5/5 Jun 5, 2002 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Bears witness to the courage, patience, and resiliency of Holocaust survivors. It is another chapter in the film recreation of the nightmare of World War II. Mar 2, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lev R I haven't read Primo Levi's books in a long time, but what bothered and bored me about this film is that we never really got to know Levi as a person. He was always seen from the outside and came across as flat and uninteresting, which seems a bizarre way to tell his story. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/19/24 Full Review Audience Member world war ll is over. the concentration camps are liberated. now what. a group of Italian, Greek and a few Poland's. decide to find their way home and they do find some interesting Russians along the way. very well written film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member an interest film , little slow some times . the road back home throw half Europe of a group of Italian-Jew Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member I never would have believed anybody could film Primo Levi's "The Reawakening" so well. Profoundly moving. You should see this. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie that will gives you the feeling to be into Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member While The Truce tells a story that is occasionally compelling and disturbing, the film feels like it has been sanitized. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Based on his autobiography of the same name, the film details the long and arduous journey home of Italian prisoner of war Primo Levi (John Turturro), after the liberation of Auschwitz at the end of World War II. A chemist before being captured by the Nazis, Levi is one of the first prisoners to leave the concentration camp upon its fall at the hands of Soviet forces in 1945. However, his route back to his home in the Italian city of Turin is torturous, with stops throughout Eastern Europe.
Director
Francesco Rosi
Producer
Leo Pescarolo, Dino De Laurentiis
Screenwriter
Francesco Rosi
Production Co
Miramax
Rating
R
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 23, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$149.9K
Runtime
2h 6m
Sound Mix
Surround
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