Vitus

Director: Fredi M. Murer

Cast: Teo Gheorghiu, Julika Jenkins, Urs Jucker, Bruno Ganz

(Sony Pictures Classics, 2006) Rated: PG

US DVD release date: 27 November 2007 (Sony)

[21 January 2008]

by Mike Schiller

PopMatters Multimedia Editor

Vitus is as thoughtful as it is heartwarming, its languid pace providing interesting juxtaposition to the story of a boy forced to grow up too fast.

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