Middle aged Jakob Beer reflects on his life, this reflection which is all consuming. He is a Polish born and raised Jew. When he was an adolescent, his parents were shot dead and his sister Bella hauled away by the Nazis during World War II. Jakob witnessed these events from a hideout in their home. Running away, Jakob was found by Athos Roussos, a Greek national working on an archaeological project in Poland. Athos managed to smuggle Jakob out of Poland back to his native Greece. A few years later, Athos and Jakob moved to Canada where Athos began work as a teacher. Jakob has continual dreams about Bella, especially her piano playing but never knew Bella’s ultimate fate. Jakob’s reflections, especially the emotions stemming from his thoughts, lead to him becoming a writer of a successful book. His marriage to his first wife Alex, an outgoing and upbeat woman, fails because he can’t get out of the somberness connected to his past at this time of his life…
Cast: Robbie Kay, Monika Schurmann, Nina Dobrev, Jordan Pettle, Rade Serbedzija, Vieslav Krystyan, John Watson, Stephen Dillane, Rosamund Pike, Maggie Huculak, Devon Bostick, Diego Matamoros, Sarah Orenstein, Gray Powell, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Jennifer Podemski, Fiona Highet, Larissa Laskin, Daniel Kash, Themis Bazaka, Giorgos Karamihos, Danae Skiadi, Thanos Sakellariou, Adrian Freeling, Anastassia Anastassopoulou, David Fox, Marcia Bennett, Mitchell Nye, Ed Stoppard, Rachelle Lefevre, Ayelet Zurer
Screenplay – Direction: Jeremy Podeswa
Based on the novel by: Anne Michaels
Producers: Robert Lantos, Jeffrey Berman, Sandra Cunningham, Julia Rosenberg, Dionyssis Samiotis, Panayotis Veremis
Executive Producer: Christina Ford, Andras Hamori, Mark Musselman
Line Producer: Panos Papahadzis
Production Design: Matthew Davies, Dimitris Katsikis
Production supervisors: Yiannis Iakovidis
Production Manager: Peter Bray, Vasso Patrouba
Production Manager Assistant: Errikos Bari, Christos Glimis
Cinematography: Gregory Middleton
Editing: Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Casting: Nancy Bishop, Makis Gazis, Nina Gold, Jason Knight
Art Direction: Peter Emmink
Costume Design: Anne Dixon
Make-up: Argyro Kouroupou
Hair Stylist: Niki Psimouli
Original Score: Nikos Kypourgos
Set Decoration: Erica Milo, Nikos Triandafilopoulos, Neil Floyd,
1st Assistant Directors: Lefteris Haritos, Andrew Shea
2nd Assistant Directors: Alexandros Aristopoulos, Sarah Campbell, Emmanuela Fragiadaki
3rd Assistant Directors: Katherine Hazen, Craig Newman
Props Master: Mary Arthurs
Set Constructions: Alexis Tsiflikos, Yannis Damigos, Dwight Doerksen
Set Design Assistants: Elis Lam, Katerina-Christina Manolakou, Cherie Spencer, Neil Floyd
Graphics: Aaron Morrison
Sound Dep.: Sylvain Arseneault, Steve Baine, Steph Carrier, Nick Foley, Jamie Gould, Gina Gyles, Garrett Kerr, Travis MacKay, Matthew McKenzie, Rudy Michael, Peter Persaud, Brent Pickett, Lou Solakofski, Ted Swanscott, Jane Tattersall, Marilee Yorston
Dialogue Coach: Fred Brennan, Sue Fawcett
Boom Operator: Periklis Patsourakis
SFX: David Antonacci, Steve Carbajal, Tim Ferguson, Peter Kovachis, Derek Liscoumb, Ron Shinder, Sean Wakfer
VFX: Barb Benoit, Anand Dorairaj, Chris MacKenzie, Darcy Reno, Mag Sarnowska, Chris Wallace, Aaron Weintraub, Fiona Campbell Westgate, Motassem Younes
Stunts: Mic Jones
Camera Dep.: Dean Stinchcombe, Manu Tilinski, Federico De Marco, Candide Franklyn, Roy Benson, Christos Douros, Gene Gray, Mitch Holmes, Thanasis Karabelos, John MacLean, Benjamin Smith, Mike Sokoluk, Karolos Sturmey
Electrical Dep.: Stathis Tsiapas, Spiros Angelopoulos, Blayne Badge, Terry Banting, Randy Brown, Chad Edwards, Cinar Eryasar, Sean Jordan, Grigoris Moschos, John Pogue, Panayiotis Triandafilopoulos
Stills Photografer: Nikos Nikolopoulos
Wardrobe Assistants: Anastasia Arseni, Marie Beracha, Anna Dal Farra, Anastasia Havouta, Maria Kokkini, Alkistis Mamali, Katerina Tsakota
Editorial Dep.: Tavia Charlton, Kate Hickey, Debbie Holland, Nick Iannelli, Takis Kardasis, Christos Manousakis, Rui Martins, Dave Muscat, Sandy Pereira, Emma Sanders, Nadia Tan, Kelley Whitis
Music Dep.: Kevin Banks, Stefan Karrer, John Rowley
Transportation-Accomodation Dep.: Maria Goudi, Costis Panayiotopoulos, Steve Ranalli