aaaWitnessesisasimple,yetpowerfulmovingtrilogy,depictingthehorrorsoftheHolocaust.Eachstoryinthefilmprovidesanunusual,yetharrowingperspectiveonthetragiceventsduringWorldWarII,toldfromtheperspectiveofthreeuncannywitnesses.Shoes,theshortestofthestories,doesnothaveasinglelineofdialogueorevenafacefeaturedinit.Allweseeisapairofredshoeswhichbeautifullydepictfirstlove,thenmarriage,thestartoffamilylifeandtheonsetofthetragicwar.Brutus,isastoryaboutaGermanShepherddogseparatedfromherbelovedmistressandturnedintoaguarddogataconcentrationcamp.Thefinalstory,Violin,opensatthebeginningofthe20thCenturyinaviolinshop,wheretheinstrumentwascreatedasapresentforaJewishboy.TheviolinbecomeswitnesstothetragiceventsthatfollowedduringtheHolocaust.Acaptivatingscore,makesthislessthanconventionalfilmexposethesheerevilandterrorthatpervadedeveryaspectoftheHolocaust,andissuretoopentheeyesofeveryonewhoseesit.
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