Waiting for Anya

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Waiting for Anya

2020,

1h 49m,

History/

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller

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A boy and a reclusive widow work together to smuggle Jewish children into Spain during World War II.

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David Stratton

The Australian

Oct 15, 2021

Waiting for Anya is a rather bland affair. Given the dangers faced by Jo and Benjamin, there's little in the way of suspense and the uninitiated would hardly appreciate [it]...

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Feb 24, 2020

2/5

Budget limitations, tonal inconsistencies and several creaky supporting performances are just some of the elements that scupper this worthy if ultimately inept Michael Morpurgo adaptation.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

Feb 20, 2020

2/5

The film is gorgeous to look at, all alpine meadow flowers and glorious green mountains. But the drama loses momentum pretty early on.

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Brandon Stanwyck

InSession Film

Jul 17, 2024

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Considering the target audience for this film is children, I’m somewhat willing to begrudgingly forgive its many missteps. Its many missteps. And missteps is wording it, shall we say, lightly.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 21, 2022

3.5/5

Some are sure to see the film as too sanitized and not harsh enough in its depictions. But Cookson tells a very specific story that doesn’t need to visually emphasize the horrors.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Oct 16, 2021

6/10

If broken up into six episodes for TV or streaming, it would be the sort of historical children's drama that used to be commonplace.

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Ben Cookson

Director

Noah Schnapp

Jo

Thomas Kretschmann

Korporal

Frederick Schmidt

Benjamin

Tómas Lemarquis

Leutnant

Elsa Zylberstein

Maman

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Synopsis

A boy and a reclusive widow work together to smuggle Jewish children into Spain during World War II.

Director: Ben Cookson
Producer: Phin Glynn, Steffen Wild
Screenwriter: Ben Cookson, Toby Torlesse
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Goldfinch Studios, Bad Penny Productions
Genre: History, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 7, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 7, 2020
Runtime: 1h 49m

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