A heart-wrenching movie.

Rating: 8/10 (29 May 2006)

As this is one of those movies which is part of an Oscars special here on the local TV in March this year, I so know I have to watch. Being once a former History student myself, WWII and the prejudice that the Jews faced since the time of Hitler are among the stuff being discussed in my History textbook.
Watching the movie which is based on a real life story is just so haunting. And with the WWII as the backdrop, it's even more heart-wrenching. It really made me so angry at how sometimes, there are those who have a prejudice against the Jews. Living in the modern times where we always talk about equality, maybe this is something I just cannot accept.
It's really amazing to see how Adrian Brody who plays the famous Polish Jew pianist to really portray the emotions of how a Jew survive the horrors of WWII. War stories and events through the papers and my past History classes are what I only know of WWII so far and so this is something which almost blew my mind away. I may have watched those few documentaries my former History teacher had picked in relating to my History lessons before, watching the accounts of the war through the eyes of ordinary people is even more humane.
And this is one of those movies. It's always very sad that in the end that a war only leaves nothing behind but innocent people who suffered or died from it. An amazing account from a Polish Jew who survived is just so...heart-wrenching.
At least I know why it's an Oscar-winning movie after it ended.