Waiting for Anya
2020 · Movie · NR · 109 min · ★ 6.3 · 37% critics
In a village near the French-Spanish border during World War II, a young shepherd joins a local resistance effort to guide Jewish children to safety across the mountains. As enemy forces tighten their grip, each journey becomes more dangerous and more urgent.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-02-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 37/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (93 votes)
About
If you like humane, accessible World War II dramas such as Private Peaceful or Six Minutes to Midnight, this offers quiet suspense and heart; Not for you if you want a grittier, more intense war story.
Pros: inspiring true story; beautiful scenery; accessible family viewing | Cons: familiar setup; low tension; somewhat bland
Themes
- world war ii
Cast & crew
Noah Schnapp
as Jo
Thomas Kretschmann
as Korporal
Frederick Schmidt
as Benjamin
Tómas Lemarquis
as Leutnant
Gilles Marini
as Papa
Elsa Zylberstein
as Maman
Joséphine de la Baume
as Madame
Sadie Frost
as Madame Jollet
Jean Reno
as Henri
Urs Rechn
as Hans
Directed by Ben Cookson