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Waiting for Anya (2020)

NR 02/07/2020 Drama, War 1h 49m
62%
User
Score
6.0/10
41%
38/100

Overview

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.

Ben Cookson

Director

Toby Torlesse

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Noah Schnapp

Noah Schnapp

Jo

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann

Korporal

Frederick Schmidt

Frederick Schmidt

Benjamin

Tómas Lemarquis

Tómas Lemarquis

Leutnant

Gilles Marini

Gilles Marini

Papa

Elsa Zylberstein

Elsa Zylberstein

Maman

Joséphine de la Baume

Joséphine de la Baume

Madame

Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost

Madame Jollet

Jean Reno

Jean Reno

Henri

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Media

Waiting for Anya | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical Entertainment

Waiting for Anya | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical Entertainment

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on July 24, 2023

Anjelica Huston is the widow "Horcada" who has for quite a while been serving as a conduit to help escaping Jewish and French citizens across the Pyrenee mountains and into the safety of neutral Spain. The arrival of a small but menacing Nazi detachment in their village, however, makes this task even more perilous - and she is fast running out of allies. It's at this point that she turns to the young "Jo" (Noah Schnapp) who is more accustomed to herding sheep, and soon he is providing an essential link trying to get the escapees to freedom. The story here is not that unfamiliar, but there is a solid effort from the engaging young Schnapp and the writing does try to humanise the occupiers - largely via the persona attributed to the corporal (Thomas Kretschmann) - as the story gradually deve...

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