Heartfelt, heartwarming story of a group of Jewish children escaping the Nazi scourge in WW2. The performance at the child actors is faultless. The story keeps the viewer on the edge of one's seat, heart in mouth as the brave little souls overcome overwhelming odds, chased at every point by Wehrmacht soldiers and heartless French collaborator police determined to send these innocents to the hell of the Nazi extermination machine. Inspirational.
Plot summary
Fanny is a Jewish girl in a French orphanage in 1943. When she and her friends are no longer safe from the Nazis, they try to flee to Switzerland. After their guide disappears, Fanny has to take the lead and help the other kids make it over the mountains.
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Heartfelt story of children's survival
BLESS YOU AND THANKS - YOU ARE SO APPRECIATED!
Bless you Fanny Ben Ami and thanks. The tears in my eyes after I watched. You are amazing and I so hope happy! Amazing journey!
Fanny's Odyssey
Fanny is the story of young Jewish kids fleeing the Nazis. They are moved to a remote school in Alpine Italy in 1942, presumably when German forces occupied the "free zone" in southern France in response US landings in North Africa. This refuge, in turn, fails when Mussolini is overthrown and the Germans occupy Italy as well. The plan then is to flee to neutral Switzerland.
But that is far easier said than done, and as the kids lose their adult angels, more and more responsibilities fall on young Fanny, who grows to meet the challenge. Yet they also let the kids be kids, whining when they're tired but perking up when moving along is made into a game.
This is one of those rare kids' films that is completely worth seeing even if you aren't taking a kid. The story was genuinely dramatic, and the execution was suspenseful. The child acting was solid, as was the history.
It was taken from a memoir. Evidently in the real case, there were twenty some kids, instead of thirteen, which makes the task all the more daunting, and the achievement all the more impressive.
Highly recommended.