The Little Traitor
The Little Traitor

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- 69/100 based on 1,044 votes
  • Released: 2009
  • Runtime: 88 mins
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  • Studio: Evanstone Films Ltd.
  • Genres: Drama

Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old wants nothing more than for the occupying British to get the hell out of his land. Proffy and his two friends spend most of their time plotting ways to terrorize and/or blow up the British until one evening, while he's out after curfew, Proffy ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Little Traitor:

Alfred Molina
Ido Port
Zachi Noy
Anat Klausner
Gilya Stern
Rami Heuberger

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Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old wants nothing more than for the occupying British to get the hell out of his land. Proffy and his two friends spend most of their time plotting ways to terrorize and/or blow up the British until one evening, while he's out after curfew, Proffy is seized by Sergeant Dunlop, a British officer. Instead of arresting him, he deposits him back home,but what ensues in the weeks to come is a friendship between these two foes. Proffy looks to Dunlop as a father figure as his own father is cold and remote. Dunlop, lonely and poetic, loves the spirited boy and they find lots to talk about in their meetings which Proffy must keep a secret from his friends and family. When Proffy's friends follow him one day and see that he has been visiting the detested enemy, they report him to the town officials and Proffy is brought to "trial" for being a traitor. He is eventually found innocent but these experiences shape him for life;especially the shock that he could have such genuine affection for the enemy.

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Metro Times (Detroit, MI) - 9/10 by Jeff MeyersTreacly love-thy-enemy yarn in a historically remarkable place and time
Compuserve - 9/10 by Harvey S. KartenAn adorable story of an unlikely friendship between a Polish-Jewish 12-year-old and a 50-something British sergeant during the British occupation of Palestine in 1947.
Boxoffice Magazine - 8/10 by Pete HammondShooting on locations in Jerusalem, the film feels real and authentic with Roth getting the most out of the local atmosphere but itâ(TM)s her fine screenplay and keen eye for casting that makes The Little Traitor stand out from the pack.
Newsday - 8/10 by John AndersonThe cost of zealotry, and its collateral damage, aren't Roth's chief concerns -- humanity is -- but she manages to confect a film of both sweetness and subtle meaning.
Orlando Sentinel - 8/10 by Roger MooreAn engaging Israeli film about the days when the people throwing rocks, assassinating soldiers and setting off bombs were Jews out to carve a state for themselves out of the British "mandate" in Palestine.
Detroit News - 7/10 by Tom LongAn interesting look at the transitory nature of enemies and the way history shifts alliances.
Film-Forward.com - 7/10 by Nora Lee MandelPoignant, child's view of the summer of 1947, just before the sun set on the Brit Empire in Jerusalem and everything changed, but does't catch the ruefulness of Oz's novel.
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 6/10 by Colin CovertThe Little Traitor bounces between coming-of-age high jinks and clunky geopolitical lessons.
Los Angeles Times - 6/10 by Betsy SharkeyThe film is clever in using a child to tease out the misunderstandings that arise between those on opposite sides, even when the river of emotions that should course through The Little Traitor sometimes runs dry.
New York Daily News - 6/10 by Elizabeth WeitzmanRoth prefers sentimentality to subtlety and cutesiness to complexity. Fortunately, Molina balances Port's precocity, bringing a welcome gravitas to this simply told tale.

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