The film starts off strong with a train, deporting hundreds of Jewish prisoners, that gets stranded near a small German village, occupied by the Red Army.
We hear a shot from the Red Army, then we see the dead body which was a family member from the village girl Winnie.
Later on, Jewish-Dutch woman Simone searching for bandages and food for her injured friend Isaac, strangely finds everything without any obstacles?
This would have been a great opportunity to show more tension and brutality.
By adding soldiers in her way or a person who is keeping her distant from entering the room.
Later on we see that it was Winnie's house that they found.
The 3 strangers, who are Russian sniper Vera, Simone, Isaac, now have a house that they share to eat and sleep.
Then an unexpected friendship emerges between Vera, Winnie and Simone.
I really appreciate the idea that a friendship emerges, but I think it was too quickly friendly to be realistic in WW2.
At the end of the film we see Isaac badly sick, Winnie betrays him and got him transferred to a nearby hospital where Simone checks on him. Vera also visits, the last visit she has Isaac grabs her rifle on his head.
He tells her in sub-text without saying anything , he doesn't want to suffer and a few days later Vera kills him.
Winnie sees all these actions happen, when Simone arrives at the hospital Winnie says nothing to her?
This would have been a great opportunity to have conflict between Winnie, Vera and Simone.
Having Vera and Simone fight it out, at the end of the fight they would be completely exhausted.
Later Simone would finally listen and understand why Vera did it.
This would make all 3 characters journeys come together which would be a great ending!
My favorite characters in the film are Isaac, Vera.
I thought all their scenes were my favorite overall.
We hear a shot from the Red Army, then we see the dead body which was a family member from the village girl Winnie.
Later on, Jewish-Dutch woman Simone searching for bandages and food for her injured friend Isaac, strangely finds everything without any obstacles?
This would have been a great opportunity to show more tension and brutality.
By adding soldiers in her way or a person who is keeping her distant from entering the room.
Later on we see that it was Winnie's house that they found.
The 3 strangers, who are Russian sniper Vera, Simone, Isaac, now have a house that they share to eat and sleep.
Then an unexpected friendship emerges between Vera, Winnie and Simone.
I really appreciate the idea that a friendship emerges, but I think it was too quickly friendly to be realistic in WW2.
At the end of the film we see Isaac badly sick, Winnie betrays him and got him transferred to a nearby hospital where Simone checks on him. Vera also visits, the last visit she has Isaac grabs her rifle on his head.
He tells her in sub-text without saying anything , he doesn't want to suffer and a few days later Vera kills him.
Winnie sees all these actions happen, when Simone arrives at the hospital Winnie says nothing to her?
This would have been a great opportunity to have conflict between Winnie, Vera and Simone.
Having Vera and Simone fight it out, at the end of the fight they would be completely exhausted.
Later Simone would finally listen and understand why Vera did it.
This would make all 3 characters journeys come together which would be a great ending!
My favorite characters in the film are Isaac, Vera.
I thought all their scenes were my favorite overall.