The Boy in the Woods

Last updated
The Boy in the Woods
The Boy in the Woods.jpg
Film poster
Directed byRebecca Snow
Written byRebecca Snow
Based onThe Boy in the Woods by Maxwell Smart
Produced byJonathan Bronfman
Robert Budreau
Starring Jett Klyne
Richard Armitage
Christopher Heyerdahl
CinematographyAdam Madrzyk
Edited by Robert Swartz
Music byJulia Kent
Production
companies
Lumanity Productions
JoBro Productions
Undisputed Pictures
Distributed byPhoton Films
Release date
  • September 22, 2023 (2023-09-22)(Cinéfest)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Boy in the Woods is a Canadian drama film, directed by Rebecca Snow and released in 2023. Based on the memoir of the same name by Maxwell Smart, the film dramatizes Smart's childhood experience of having to fend for himself in the forests of Poland during World War II. [1]

Contents

The film screened in the Industry Selects program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, [2] and had its public premiere in a gala screening at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival. [3] It went into commercial release in June 2024. [4]

Cast

Production

The film entered production in fall 2022 in North Bay, Ontario. [5] Snow had previously directed the television documentary special Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust , in which Smart was a participant. [6]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 100% of 6 critics' reviews are positive. [7]

Rating it 3/5 stars on The Guardian , Leslie Felperin highlighted in his review that "true story of Jewish boy in flight from the Nazis and hiding in the forest is told here with a fair amount of sentiment." [8]

References

  1. ↑ Angelica Babiera, "Lumanity, JoBro drama The Boy in the Woods launches at AFM". Playback , November 2, 2022.
  2. ↑ Jeremy Kay, "James Marsh, Rebecca Snow, Neil Burger films among 12 TIFF Industry Selects sales titles". Screen Daily , August 21, 2023.
  3. ↑ Heidi Ulrichsen, "Cinéfest 2023 features strong Canadian content". Sudbury.com , August 23, 2023.
  4. ↑ Talia Kliot, "Film adaptation of Holocaust survivor Maxwell Smart's memoir The Boy In The Woods will hit theatres this June". CBC Books, June 20, 2024.
  5. ↑ Zac Ntim, "WWII Drama ‘The Boy In The Woods’ Starring Jett Klyne And Richard Armitage Starts Production In Canada – AFM". Deadline Hollywood , October 31, 2022.
  6. ↑ Michael Fraiman, "Filmmakers tackle survivors’ childhood mysteries". Canadian Jewish News , November 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Boy in the Woods". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved August 10, 2025. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  8. ↑ "The Boy in the Woods review – boys' own tale of Holocaust fugitive forced to fend for himself". The Guardian. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.