A boy disappears from home and returns six years later. Or is he a fake? This prodigal son sounds like an echo of Sommersby's prodigal husband. But moments into this haunting and mesmerizing thriller, you know you're in the hands of a brilliant original. Her name is Agnieszka Holland, the Polish writer-director whose great film Europa, Europa told the story of a Jewish boy who survives among Nazis by pretending to be one. Olivier joins Europa in finding humor in the face of unspeakable evil.

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