Winter in Wartime

Winter in Wartime

A country occupied... A child's innocence lost.

2008103 min6.7 / 10

A coming-of-age drama set amid wartime famine and occupation, exploring the collision between youthful idealism and adult moral compromise through a fractured father-son relationship.

During World War II in the freezing winter of 1944-45 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a famine. Many people move east to provide for their families. Fourteen year old Michiel can't wait to join the Dutch resistance, to the dismay of his father, who, as mayor, works to prevent escalations in the village.

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