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08/27/05
The Truce (1998)
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Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 7
Rotten:7
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the novel "The Reawakening" by Primo Levi which details his harrowing account of surviving Auschwitz and his return to Italy. Adapted for the screen by Francesco Rosi.
Starring: John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija, Massimo Ghini, Stefano Dionisi
Director: Francesco Rosi
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Contains too many characters and scenes that are familiar from other films set in the same period.
06/05/02
It fails to find a way of capturing the fine moral discriminations inherent to Levi's prose.
04/12/02
Top CriticBears witness to the courage, patience, and resiliency of Holocaust survivors. It is another chapter in the film recreation of the nightmare of World War II.
03/02/02
Despite experiencing some of the most barbaric treatment in recorded history, Levi chooses to believe in life, hope and that the better angels of our natures will ultimately prevail.
01/01/00
It doesn't smack you in the face with a powerful message, but instead works its way inside you more gradually.
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Top CriticPrimo Levi's autobiography.
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01/01/00
Turturro's toned-down performance is contrasted with the vivacious presentation by the large ensemble, allowing us to watch the hero's transformation from a near-zombie to a life-affirming human being.
01/01/00
While The Truce tells a story that is occasionally compelling and disturbing, the film feels like it has been sanitized.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis is the kind of flawed yet magnificent work that only a great filmmaker can conjure up.
01/01/00
The film cannot replicate what Primo Levi put on the page and this tale of a man's rebirth is often, on the screen, slow and meandering.
01/01/00
What makes Primo Levi so special is not apparent in Rosi's film, because Levi never comes alive for us.
01/01/00
Despite all that Rosi and Turturro can do, the Levi we look at and listen to is not near the Levi we know.
01/01/00
Top CriticTurturro gives what may be the screen performance of his career.
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