Description:I AM DAVID is adapted from Anne Holm's internationally acclaimed novel NORTH TO FREEDOM. David is thrust into the free world for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. It is a spiritual voyage of discovery, where David slowly loses his instinctual mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share, trust and ultimaI AM DAVID is adapted from Anne Holm's internationally acclaimed novel NORTH TO FREEDOM. David is thrust into the free world for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. It is a spiritual voyage of discovery, where David slowly loses his instinctual mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share, trust and ultimately, love.... (more)(less)
"Do you know when I cried watching this (seriously, I have to laugh at myself sometimes)? At the END of the movie, when David finally finally meets his mother and hugs her! Out of the entire movie, that is what I found sad. Not
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"David leaves the family he is staying with because he feels guilty over Johann's death and gives Maria his little picture of St. Elizabeth."
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"David, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (never says this in the film but his flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, rumination, hypervigilance etc all point to PTSD... plus this was the 50s and PTSD didn't have a name then).
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