Review of In Darkness (2011) by Manny C — 20 Jun 2012
This Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film tells the true story of Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz, terrific), a Polish sewer worker and thief in the city of Lvov, now held by the Nazis. Leopold takes money to hide a group of Jews in the underground sewers he knows so well.
Taken from Robert Marshall's non-fiction book, In The Sewers of Lvov, In Darkness offers an unflinching look at the choices of those deemed heroes and those deemed victims. It's looking for more than the uplifting heroism of Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List.
Polish director Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa, a triumph) make sus feel every filthy, rat-infested detail of living in sewers. It's a harrowing viewing experience, especially when Jews are subjected to public humiliation, and victim to a ferocious rainstorm while in the sewers.
Holland means for us to be shaken. That we are.
This review of In Darkness (2011) was written by Manny C on 20 Jun 2012.
In Darkness has generally received positive reviews.
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