I Am David

David, a 12-year-old, escapes from a Communist concentration camp with little more than a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark. David is thrust into the free world for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. His spiritual voyage of discovery, where David slowly loses his instinctive mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share, trust and ultimately love., A lad makes a journey of self-discovery in this feel-good drama set in Eastern Europe in 1952. Ben Tibber shines as a plucky 12-year-old orphan, who escapes from a Bulgarian labor camp and faces numerous adventures while fleeing across Europe. During his odyssey, he stows away on an Italian ship and meets a matronly painter (Joan Plowright). Jim Caviezel, Hristo Shopov, Silvia De Santis., 12 year old David escapes from a Communist concentration camp with little more than a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark. David is thrust into the free world for the first time as he travels across Europe. His spiritual voyage of discovery, where David slowly loses his instinctive mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share and trust while celebrating the unbreakable spirit of a child., Adapted from Anne Holm’s 1963 novel of the same name, I Am David is a family adventure film from writer/director Paul Feig, one of the creators of the short-lived, cult-favorite television dramedy Freaks and Geeks. Ben Tibber stars as David, a boy who, with the help of his friend Johannes (James Caviezel), escapes from a Bulgarian prison camp and begins a harrowing journey that leads him to Denmark via Italy. I Am David also stars Joan Plowright, Maria Bonnevie, and Silvia De Santis.