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Surviving with Wolves (2007)

Surviving with Wolves (2007)

Drama
Release Date: 2007, November 21
Directors: Véra Belmont
Countries: Belgium, Germany, France
Production: Stéphan Films
Cast: Benno Fürmann, Marie Kremer, Michèle Bernier, Yaël Abecassis, Guy Bedos, Franck de la Personne, Mathilde Goffart, Anne-Marie Philipe

Overview:

In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her mother that advises her that if one day a person comes to her saying "love of my life", she would follow him or her without any question. When her parents are captured by the Nazis, Misha is delivered to a German family and the abusive matriarch gives a bad treatment to the girl. However, she finds support in the family of Ernest and his deranged wife Marthe that supplies groceries to foster family. Misha loves Ernest's dogs and the old man gives a compass to her and tells that her parents have been sent to East to forced labor. When the old couple is denounced for sheltering the girl and arrested by the Germans, Misha flees through the woods heading east. Along her journey seeking out her parents...

Keywords:

woman director world war ii 1940s wolf loss of loved one nazi jew persecution feral child deportation ardennes