Get ready to plunge into a troubled era with the DVD and VOD release ofUne Vie on June 20, 2024. Directed by James Hawes and written by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake, this biopic highlights the extraordinary story of Nicholas Winton, played by Anthony Hopkins, a man who saved the lives of 669 Czechoslovakian children, many of them Jewish, from the clutches of the Nazis.
Une Vie is available on VOD from June 20, 2024.
Synopsis: Prague, 1938. With the city about to fall to the Nazis, a London banker does everything in his power to save hundreds of children from certain death in the concentration camps. Risking his life, Nicholas Winton organized convoys to England, where 669 Jewish children found refuge.
This true story, which had remained unknown for decades, was revealed to the world in 1988 when Nicholas was invited to testify on a British TV program. Little does he know that in the audience are the children - now adults - who survived thanks to him...
The film promises an authentic and moving experience, remaining true to historical events while offering an intimate insight into the life and challenges faced by Nicholas Winton and his team. Helena Bonham Carter plays a key role as Nicholas Winton 's mother and steadfast supporter in this rescue mission.
Une Vie is for fans ofinspiring true stories and moving history lessons. The film celebrates altruism and reminds us of the importance of empathy and courage, timeless values that continue to inspire future generations.
Our opinion:
It's clear from the outset that Une Vie is probably one of the finest films of 2024. An inspiring biopic, the film highlights the bravery and determination of an ordinary man who did everything in his power to achieve the impossible!
Affected by the unsanitary conditions of the refugee camps in Czechoslovakia at the outbreak of the Second World War, Nicholas Winston moved heaven and earth to identify the children in these camps and find them foster families in England to shelter them until they could be safely reunited with their families.
The film oscillates between a "present", fifty years later, where Nicky, forced to sort out the children to welcome his first grandson, relives this episode and tries to share it so it doesn't fall into oblivion, and the past where we see how, with the help of his mother and a few comrades, he orchestrated the obtaining of visas, transport and adoption of 669 Czechoslovak children by British families.
The sober, powerful direction focuses on the essentials, while eliminating the superfluous! In the same way that Nicky sorts things out, James Hawes gets straight to the point, creating a cinematic experience rich in emotion and meaning, despite (or perhaps because of) its apparent simplicity. The emotion is palpable in every scene, and it's hard to hold back a tear at the grandiose finale. At over 86 years of age, the Oscar-winning performer of Hannibal Lecter has lost none of his superb looks!
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