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Waiting for Anya

  • 20202020
  • 1h 49m
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Jean Reno, Sadie Frost, Anjelica Huston, Thomas Kretschmann, Urs Rechn, Nicholas Rowe, Elsa Zylberstein, William Abadie, Tómas Lemarquis, Gilles Marini, Joséphine de La Baume, Phin Glynn, Frederick Schmidt, Raj Awasti, Noah Schnapp, and Lukas Sauer in Waiting for Anya (2020)
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During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
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    • Ben Cookson
    • Michael Morpurgo(based on the novel by)
    • Toby Torlesse(screenplay by)
    • Ben Cookson(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Noah Schnapp
    • Thomas Kretschmann
    • Frederick Schmidt
    • Ben Cookson
    • Michael Morpurgo(based on the novel by)
    • Toby Torlesse(screenplay by)
    • Ben Cookson(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Noah Schnapp
    • Thomas Kretschmann
    • Frederick Schmidt
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    • 33User reviews
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    • 38Metascore
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    Noah Schnapp
    Noah Schnapp
    • Jo
    Thomas Kretschmann
    Thomas Kretschmann
    • The Corporal
    Frederick Schmidt
    Frederick Schmidt
    • Benjamin
    Tómas Lemarquis
    Tómas Lemarquis
    • Lieutenant Weissmann
    Gilles Marini
    Gilles Marini
    • Papa
    Elsa Zylberstein
    Elsa Zylberstein
    • Maman
    Joséphine de La Baume
    Joséphine de La Baume
    • Mademoiselle Audap
    Sadie Frost
    Sadie Frost
    • Madam Jollet
    Jean Reno
    Jean Reno
    • Grand-Pére
    Anjelica Huston
    Anjelica Huston
    • Widow Horcada
    Declan Cole
    • Hubert
    Enola Izquierdo Cicuendez
    • Leah
    Amandine Rose
    • Christine
    Mathys Gallet-Lartigue
    • Lukas
    Laurent Pedebernard
    • Monsieur Jollet
    William Abadie
    William Abadie
    • Father Lasalle
    Nicholas Rowe
    Nicholas Rowe
    • Monsuier Sarthol
    Jean-François Balmer
    Jean-François Balmer
    • Old Jo Lalande
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    • (as Jean Francois Balmer)
      • Ben Cookson
      • Michael Morpurgo(based on the novel by)
      • Toby Torlesse(screenplay by) (adapted by)
      • Ben Cookson(screenplay by)
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      The medals that the grandfather wears on his coat for large parts of the movie are the general medal for voluntary military service and the Verdun campaign medal. He mentions that he fought at the Battle of Verdun (1916), the bloodiest battle of the First World War in which more than half a million French soldiers died, as well as 400,000 Germans.
    • Goofs
      The Corporal recites to Jo a poem he says is an old German poem. As he recites it, however, the rhyming scheme is in English with words that would not rhyme in German.
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      Horcada: Honest men like honest boys are very hard to find.

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    6/10
    needs more intensity
    It's summer 1942. Deportations begin in France's north but in the south, life has remained mostly the same. Jo Lalande is a young shepherd working for his grandpa Henri (Jean Reno) in a remote mountain village. He encounters a mysterious man after a bear attack. He follows the man to his hideout. His name is Benjamin. He is waiting for his daughter Anya while hiding at his widow mother Horcada (Anjelica Huston). Father and daughter got separated when Nazis rounded up Jews in Paris. Meanwhile, Jewish children are gathering at the home and Benjamin smuggles them onward into Spain.

    It's a standard escaping from Nazis film. It doesn't really have the bite of those others. The Germans need a bit more ruthlessness. It suggests it but it doesn't do it until the end. It could have intensify in a couple of different spots. Two times, there are epic opportunities to have an escape in a storm. The first time, they retreated. The second time, they show it as a flashback. The bear should have served as bookends to the story but both times, the bear is only a background player. Neither times is satisfactory. There is good sincerity but this lacks the intensity needed.
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      • February 7, 2020 (United States)
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      • Bad Penny Productions
      • Artémis Productions
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