The Jewish Hannah Stern (Kirsten Dunst) does not pay much attention to Jewish traditions. In a celebration in the house of her aunt Eva (Louise Fletcher), Hannah drinks too much wine and passes out. When she wakes up, she traveled in time and arrives in the house of a Jewish family in Polland in the Eve of the German invasion. She becomes friend of Rivkah (Brittany Murphy) and they are sent to a concentration camp, where Hannah lives the horror of the Holocaust. Having the names of Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy in the credits, I really expected that "The Devil's Arithmetic" was a good movie. However, the theme of the Holocaust is so explored in Hollywood, that the unique originality in this film is the mix with time travel without any explanation. In the end, it is corny and shallow as a drama of war, and it is not a good fantasy film. It seems that the main intention of "The Devil's Arithmetic" is to remember always the atrocities of the Holocaust, as said by aunt Eva to Hannah. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Matemática do Diabo" ("Devil's Mathematic")
Title (Brazil): "Matemática do Diabo" ("Devil's Mathematic")