A powerful and unforgettably lyrical film about love, loss and
redemption, FUGITIVE PIECES tells the story of Jakob Beer, a man whose
life is transformed by his childhood experiences during WWII. The film is
based on the beloved and best-selling novel by Canadian poet Anne Michaels.

Jakob's story (Robbie Kay) begins in Poland in 1942, when he is nine
years old. Nazi soldiers have murdered his parents and abducted his
teenage sister, Bella. Traumatized by this horrific event, Jakob sneaks out of
his hiding place and struggles to survive. He is found by Athos Roussos
(Rade Sherbedgia), a Greek archaeologist working at a Polish dig site in
Biskupin. Moved by the child's plight, Athos boldly smuggles Jakob out of
Poland and hides him in his home on the island of Zakynthos in Greece, also
occupied by the Germans. Jakob spends the last years of the Occupation in
Athos' tender care.

After the war, Athos and Jakob immigrate to Canada, where Athos has
accepted a teaching position with a University. As he matures, Jakob (now
played by Stephen Dillane) begins a new life, studying, writing, and
eventually falling in love with Alex (Rosamund Pike), a beautiful young
woman. Yet he remains haunted by his parents' death and the question of
his sister's fate. This terrible burden makes it impossible for him to live in the
moment or to accept love when it is offered to him. Writing offers some
relief, but it is not until he meets Michaela (Ayelet Zurer), a gentle soul who
truly understands -- and accepts -- his pain, that Jakob allows himself to join
the living. The lessons he learns become a legacy to Ben (Ed Stoppard), a
child of survivors whose life intersects with Jakob's in meaningful ways.

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