This is an often emotionally harrowing depiction of a young idealist running smack into the brutal reality of occupied life.

This is a wonderfully realized human adventure, the tragedy and heartache inherent in warfare coupled with inner bursts of heroism magnetically brought to life first frame to last.

Writer-director Martin Koolhoven hits just the right balance of domesticity and oppression here, setting up the film's tense second half with sweet early touches of naivete.

Winter in Wartime is more honest and equitable than most exaggerated testimonies of era's in hard times. [Full review in Spanish]