Winter in Wartime (2008)

Cautiously Recommended
The Netherlands/Belgium
Feature Film
Original Title: Oorlogswinter
Director: Martin Koolhoven
Writers: Mieke de Jong, Martin Koolhoven, Paul Jan Nelissen, Jan Terlouw
Cinematographer: Guido van Gennep
Composer: Pino Donaggio
Cast: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry, Melody Klaver

In Koolhoven’s well crafted and generally affecting though vaguely sentimental coming of age drama cum Boy’s Own Adventure cum Hollywood-like action film, Michiel, a 14-year-old resident of a small Nazi-occupied Dutch town, finds that the life of a stranded RAF pilot rests in his hands when, after the arrest of his neighbour, he stumbles into the resistance movement. Iain.Stott