The Boy in the Woods

**Available Virtually: Feb.16th to Feb.23rd** The Boy in the Woods follows the true story of Max, a Jewish boy escaping Nazi persecution. After he is separated from his family, Max finds temporary refuge with a Christian peasant (Richard Armitage). After a tense stand-off with Nazi police. Max must live in the woods and learn to survive alone in a landscape crawling with Jew-hunters and, partisans and haunted by ghosts. He and Yanek, another boy in hiding like Max, rescue a baby girl, but their heroic act comes at a tragic price. Based on the best-selling memoir by Holocaust survivor Maxwell Smart. Light hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served

  • Jett Klyne, Richard Armitage, David Kohlsmith, Katherine Fogler, Masa Lizdek, Christopher Heyerdahl
  • Rebecca Snow
  • Rebecca Snow
  • Andrew Bronfman
  • Maxwell Smart
  • 2023
  • Canada
  • 100 minutes
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