“Marcel Marceau.”

From Resistance.

After her parents are dragged from their home and murdered in the street by Nazi soldiers, Elsbeth (Bella Ramsey) becomes one of many young Jewish orphans in Germany.  Living in France in late 1938, Marcel Mangel (Jesse Eisenberg) is torn between his desire to be an actor and his Jewish parents’ (Karl Markovics and Louise Morell) embarrassment at his chosen career as a mime.  When his brother, Alain (Félix Moati), and their Jewish friends in the French Resistance, Georges (Géza Röhrig), Emma (Clémence Poésy), Mila (Vica Kerekes), and Flora (Martha Issová), ask Marcel to help them keep 123 German Jewish orphans entertained, he is very reluctant to get involved.  However, when he meets Elsbeth and the other children, Marcel quickly begins to care for them, despite his reluctance.  By January of 1941, Marcel, his family and friends, and the children are hiding out in Limoges, Vichy France trying to find safe places for all the children as Hitler and his forces draw closer and closer.  In an effort to avoid suspicion and hide his Jewish heritage, Marcel flawlessly alters his last name on his passport to Marceau in preparation for moving the children.  In 1942, Marcel, Alain, Emma, and Mila join the Resistance in the now German-occupied Lyon, but things turn deadly almost immediately when Nazi Lieutenant Klaus Barbie (Matthias Schweighöfer) and his gestapo raids the Resistance’s safe house.  While Emma wants to respond with violence, Marcel pushes instead to help the orphans escape across the Alps to Switzerland, the only real safe haven left for the Jewish children.  As they are pursued by Nazi soldiers through the frozen wilderness, Marcel places everything on the line to rescue the innocent children from the unspeakable evil that wants nothing more to destroy them.

Inspired by the true story of Marcel Marceau and the other Jewish Resistance fighters that rescued 10,000 children from the Nazi genocide, this movie is unforgettably powerful.  Eisenberg is mesmerizing in his portrayal of the famous mime; his raw emotion effortlessly draws the viewer to connect with the unbelievable story.  While fairly bloodless on screen, the movie is still incredibly tense; however, Resistance is an inspiring film that is not to be missed.

| Rated: R | Running Time: 120 minutes |Genre: war/drama|

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 0 of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 0.5 of 10|Gore: 2 of 10

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