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I Am David is adapted from Anne Holm's internationally acclaimed novel of the same name (re-titled North to Freedom in the USA). It is the story of a 12-year-old boy, David, who 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. It is a spiritual voyage of discovery, where David slowly loses his instinctive mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share, trust and ultimately, love. I Am David ...
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David, a 12-year-old boy (Ben Tibber) who has lived in a prison camp for most of his life, has no concept of the outside world. So when his father-figure and fellow inmate Johannes (Jim Caviezel) helps him escape, David begins to realize the endless possibilities that await him as he scrambles across Europe to deliver a secret letter to Denmark.
Film gaat over het jongetje David dat uit een concentratiekamp ontsnapt met behulp van een stuk brood en een kompas. Na de ontsnapping gaat David op weg naar zijn thuisland Denemarken. Onderweg moet David vele gevaren trotseren.