Simon of the Oaks

Sweden

Well meaning, nice looking but ultimately mediocre story of two boys who become friends in 1939 and maintain their connection during the war, in spite of intricate family complications. One boy was jewish, the other not...or maybe not...

Film began with a mystical tone which was picked up again when one of the boys found a deeply embedded love for music even though he hadn't been exposed to any all his life.

This played out well scene by scene but instead of pulling me in deeper as it went along I became more and more estranged from these people until I lost interest entirely.

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