The Truce (1997)

Fresh and Exciting

A different way of telling a story

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

I have read "Se questo è un uomo" 15 times, and I also consider "La Tregua" as one of the most extraordinary Odysseys of our times. I can hardly find any of Levi's masterpieces in this hodgepodge of episodes, hardly connected to each other and with barely any historical explanation of the events. Several comments about god and religion reported in the movie were not even present in the book, giving the impression that the director wanted to twist Levi's thought to serve his own philosophical agenda. The movie relies too much on images and too little on Levi's own considerations. Some effort has been put in trying to represent the chaotic world of those times, but I would have appreciated less scenic representation and more intimate comments.

I like it because it offered me something which is different from the movies on the Second World war. The movies we have seen such as the Pianist, Schindler's list, Gloomy Sunday and so on, they are about the concentration camp themselves, but this one, depicts from another angle, after the victory, what happened to the Nazi's victims, how did they get home, just buy a ticket and hop on a train? No, I'm very much impressed by the route map in the movie. I like the guy starred by John Turturro(also stars in Oh, Brother, where art thou), he is a very philosophical guy, the reason why he did not get the same attention as Adrain Brody in the Pianist is because he did not suffer as much, some people don't buy it, I don't mean to say Adrain is not good, he is, but what makes me feel sorry is that he seems not living up to his Best Actor given by Oscar since he offered us not good performance after the pianist. Anyway, I think The Truce is not a bad one, and I suggest those seeking different things to have a try.

The movie which held great promise seemed to stop short of coherency. The dialog was hard to understand and the characters never really were fully developed. Some things should be left alone as books. This was one of them.The broad scope of the book could not be shown and the internal thought processes simply did not make the transition.

This movie had nothing but promise. It was a very slow moving film and the dialect was extremely difficult to understand. I hate saying anything bad about it, seeing as if it deals with an incredible subject - it just moved too slowly for my vote to turtle above a 6.