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...
Movie Info
Release Date: 11/21/2007
Runtime: 118 min
Director: Véra Belmont
Writers: Véra Belmont, Misha Defonseca
Top Cast
Mathilde Goffart
Misha
Yaël Abecassis
Gerusha
Guy Bedos
Jean
Michèle Bernier
Marthe
Benno Fürmann
Reuven
Anne-Marie Philipe
Madame Valle
Franck de la Personne
M. Valle
Marie Kremer
Janine
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