Irena Gut Opdyke: What Makes Who We Are?
Scenario
Told through the perspective of a strong-willed woman, comes the extraordinary story of Irena Gut and the triumph of the human spirit over devastating tragedy as she risked her life to save a generation of Jews from the crimes of the Holocaust. Although this Canadian woman, the film was released in far larger Canadian theaters than the film’s typical Canadian. For some reason, its distributor, Elevation Pictures, decided not to give the film a significant marketing budget. As a result, the film performed poorly at the box office and was pulled from most theaters by the end of its third week of release.
I’ve never seen anything like it
What We Do Is What We Are. Boum Music by Charles Trenet Lyrics by Charles Trenet Performed by Charlie and His Orchestra. I’ve seen a lot of World War II films. “Irene’s Vow” is the story of a real person, Irena Gut, a teenager when World War II started.
Her family split up
She was a virgin and came from a wealthy and loving family. The war started and she was repeatedly raped, beaten and left for dead by Red Army soldiers, known throughout Europe for their rapes. The Nazis killed her father. She was alone and desperate.
Holy cow, what a woman
Never one to feel sorry for herself, she dedicated herself to saving the Jews from annihilation. Her sacrifice, courage and ingenuity put the rest of us to shame. Sophie Nelisse is almost supernatural in her ability to inhabit the bowels of young Irena – Irena’s real daughter said so. Nelisse said she was not a method actress and was able to shake off the difficulty of the role as soon as she heard “cut”.
I highly recommend this film
It’s incredible. Again, I can’t think of anything else like it.
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