The Statement - 2003

I had never even heard of this film until recently seeing the trailer on another DVD. The cast alone was reason to view it however, I was not disappointed.

A man who has been able to avoid the consequences of his actions for nearly 50 years suddenly finds he must answer pursuers on both sides of the law in this drama, based on the novel by Brian Moore and inspired by a true story.

In 1944, Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine) is one of a handful of Milice officers who round up and execute seven Jewish resistance members in the village of Dombey. After the liberation of France, Brossard is tried and convicted for his crimes, but he manages to escape capture, and years later is pardoned.

The buried sins of the past almost always find a way to surface in the present, as Brossard discovers in this drama directed by Norman Jewison. Pierre's quiet life in southern France is disrupted as he's haunted by his betrayals. With a Nazi hunter (Tilda Swinton), the police and hired killers on his trail, it's his turn to be the hunted.