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Waiting for Anya is a 2020 historical war drama film co-written and directed by Ben Cookson. It is a film adaptation of the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Morpurgo. [4] [5] [6] The film stars Noah Schnapp, Thomas Kretschmann, Frederick Schmidt, Jean Reno, and Anjelica Huston.
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Feb 7, 2020 · Based on a true story, the film follows a young shepherd who helps smuggle Jewish children across the border from France to Spain during the war. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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Feb 7, 2020 · A film adaptation of a YA book about a boy who helps a Jewish girl escape the Nazis in 1942 France, based on a true story of French villagers who rescued Jewish children. The film is didactic, simplistic, and over-simplified, and does not capture the horror and complexity of the Holocaust.
Feb 7, 2020 · Watch Waiting for Anya with a subscription on Prime Video, rent on Fandango at Home, or buy on Fandango at Home. A boy and a reclusive widow work together to smuggle Jewish children into...
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A historical drama film set in the French village of Lescun during the Second World War, where a young shepherd boy helps a Jewish man smuggle children across the border into Spain. The film follows their journey, challenges and dangers as they try to escape the Nazis and reunite with their families.
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Waiting for Anya is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, first published in Great Britain in 1990, by William Heinemann. It is set in Lescun, in a mountainous region of southern France on the border with Spain. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. It was adapted as a film of the same title released in 2020.
