Basierend auf dem Buch des Bestsellerautors von Wonder zeigt dieser erbauliche Film, wie ein Akt der Freundlichkeit für immer weiterleben kann.Basierend auf dem Buch des Bestsellerautors von Wonder zeigt dieser erbauliche Film, wie ein Akt der Freundlichkeit für immer weiterleben kann.Basierend auf dem Buch des Bestsellerautors von Wonder zeigt dieser erbauliche Film, wie ein Akt der Freundlichkeit für immer weiterleben kann.
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- (as Randy Duke)
- Georges
- (as Vladimir Javorsky)
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- French Resistance #1
- (as Cyril Dobry)
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It turns out his grandmother, Helen Mirren as Grand-mère, is a world famous artist in town for a special event honoring her life's work. She visits Julian and she is the one who corrects him. Then, the rest of this movie is basically a flashback to Autumn 1942 in a small French community after the Nazi Germans took control, then spanning 1943 and I presume part of 1944. With a short return to modern day New York at the end of the movie to show how Julian's attitude was changed by his grandmother's story.
British actress Ariella Glaser, about 14 or 15, is the main character, Sara Blum, a Jewish schoolgirl who was persecuted, had to go into hiding, and who grew up to be the artist and grandmother of Julien. She tells him her story to illustrate how attitude and behavior are everything in human existence. Using the analogy that darkness cannot overcome darkness, you need the light and that is the human experience.
Also good is young Australian actor Orlando Schwerdt as Julien Beaumier, a young boy who had been impacted by polio and now wore an awkward leg brace. Julien was a kind person who played a big role in Sara's survival and who was the inspiration for naming the grandson Julian.
Also good is American actress Gillian Anderson as Vivienne Beaumier, helping hide young Sara and serving as a surrogate mother in the absence of her parents.
This is a very good and well-made movie with a worthwhile story. The young actress that plays teenage Sara is remarkably good.
My wife and I watched it at home on DVD from our public library.
I read the graphic novel and the novel to the film beforehand and was absolutely in love with it. So I was desperately waiting for the film to finally be released (which took ages due to several postponements, but well worth the wait.) I had very high expectations for the film and I wasn't disappointed! They were super close to the original story and masterfully turned it into a film that invites you to dream, but also moves you to tears. The film is incredibly moving and quite heartbreaking, but at the same time so incredibly beautiful and magical. I think they beautifully managed the balance between teen romance and historical narrative of nazi-occupied France in the 1940s.
I especially enjoyed Gillian Anderson's performance, which was outstanding! Although she had (as expected) a quite small role, she did once again incredibly well. And her performance really stuck with me. Especially later in the film (which I can't tell about, because I don't want to spoiler), her performance was heartbreakingly impressive and convincing.
But not only Gillian's performance was great, I was really impressed by Ariella Glaser and Orlando Schwerdt who played the main characters Sara and Julien! And come one Helen Mirren as grandmère?
So all in all a beautiful film which deserves all the praise it can get!
GO WATCH THIS FILM.
This is not a story of the Holocaust, it's a story of hope, kindness and courage in the darkest of times. That's what it promises and that's what it delivers.
No there aren't any Nazi camps portrayed, but it is an accurate depiction of what it felt and what it meant to be a Jew in those times, alienated and fearful for your life.
I haven't seen the Wonder movie and can't compare but a 7.2 rating for this movie is absurdly low. This is one of the standout movies of 2024 for me so far, one of meaning and hope and I wouldn't mind watching it again or recommending to a friend.
So go watch it without being influenced by a discouraging review.
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- WissenswertesOriginally set for a release on September 16, 2022, it was pushed to October 14, 2022. Later that month, the film was quietly removed from the schedule and pushed to August 25, 2023, due to underperforming at the Fall (2021 box office). It was also pushed again to an unspecified date due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
- PatzerGrandmère mentions that Julian was expelled from Beecher Prep as a consequence of his bullying Auggie in Wonder (2017). However, in that film, Julian was never expelled from Beecher Prep for bullying Auggie. He received a two-day suspension and upon hearing this, his parents decided to pull him out of the school at the conclusion of that school year.
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Grand-mère: Hatred is not normal. Cruelty is not normal. Love is normal. Kindness is normal. But simply knowing this is not enough. It must be shared. It must be practiced. Sometimes the smallest gesture can lead to the greatest change. A very wise man, Martin Luther King, once said, 'Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only the light can do that.' ... We must, all of us, use the light within ourselves, to stop the injustices of today. For only then can we be certain that the darkness of the past will never be repeated.
- VerbindungenFollows Wunder (2017)
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- Budget
- 20.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 5.069.171 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 1.557.893 $
- 6. Okt. 2024
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 9.091.498 $
- Laufzeit2 Stunden 1 Minute
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- 2.39 : 1