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Resistance

  • 2011
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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Resistance (2011)
Set during WWII, a group of women in an isolated Welsh village wake up to discover all of the their husbands have mysteriously vanished. Assuming they have joined the Resistance, the mystery deepens when a German patrol arrives in the valley.
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In 1944 a group of women in an isolated Welsh village wake up to discover all of their husbands have mysteriously vanished.In 1944 a group of women in an isolated Welsh village wake up to discover all of their husbands have mysteriously vanished.In 1944 a group of women in an isolated Welsh village wake up to discover all of their husbands have mysteriously vanished.

  • Director
    • Amit Gupta
  • Writers
    • Amit Gupta
    • Owen Sheers
  • Stars
    • Michael Sheen
    • Andrea Riseborough
    • Iwan Rheon
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    2K
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    • Director
      • Amit Gupta
    • Writers
      • Amit Gupta
      • Owen Sheers
    • Stars
      • Michael Sheen
      • Andrea Riseborough
      • Iwan Rheon
    • 52User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Michael Sheen
    Michael Sheen
    • Tommy Atkins
    Andrea Riseborough
    Andrea Riseborough
    • Sarah
    Iwan Rheon
    Iwan Rheon
    • George
    Kimberley Nixon
    Kimberley Nixon
    • Bethan
    Tom Wlaschiha
    Tom Wlaschiha
    • Albrecht
    Alexander Dreymon
    Alexander Dreymon
    • Steiner
    • (as Alexander Doetsch)
    Stanislav Yanevski
    Stanislav Yanevski
    • Bernhardt
    • (as Stanislav Ianevski)
    Melanie Walters
    • Helen Roberts
    Anatole Taubman
    Anatole Taubman
    • Sebald
    Jassa Ahluwalia
    Jassa Ahluwalia
    • Russian Partisan
    • (voice)
    Tomos Eames
    Tomos Eames
    • Tom Lewis
    Sharon Morgan
    Sharon Morgan
    • Maggie
    George Taylor
    George Taylor
    • Gernot
    Simon Armstrong
    Simon Armstrong
    • George's Father
    Matt Hookings
    Matt Hookings
    • German Soldier
    Mossie Smith
    • Ruth
    Nia Gwynne
    Nia Gwynne
    • Sian
    Alexandra Van Ufford
    • Emma Griffiths
    • Director
      • Amit Gupta
    • Writers
      • Amit Gupta
      • Owen Sheers
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    5raypowell

    What, no Welsh spoken or a Welsh accent!

    Even in the most English parts of Wales you can't understand them for their welsh lint and singalong voices. Also, the story was lacking any bite. And the plot holes are too many.
    4rick-520-6264

    Mumble, mumble, mumble

    A fairly interesting premise, and a story that might have been far more interesting if I didn't find myself having to switch on my superpower sense of hearing to make sense of the irritating mumbling between the characters.

    Of course, no sooner had I upped the volume the music started playing - an eardrum-throbbing violin.

    The net result was that I found myself spending more time playing with the volume buttons on the remote control than I did watching the film - a shame as it was on the whole pretty atmospheric.

    I couldn't see the point of the Michael Sheen character, but the German Hauptmann was quietly convincing - if perhaps a little too quiet when he was not speaking German.
    5d_c_m

    Not what I was looking for.

    The romance of melancholy is the best way I can describe the tone.

    This dreary film would of been fine if I was looking to feel contemplative on the idea of existence as a whole showing how meaningful it is through single life and the glorification of the mundane interaction that such a singular life must undertake. But I was not looking for that. I felt mislead by the description, it would be perfectly fine and enjoyable if this was what I wanted.

    That being said the discussion of the humans condition being consistence (and repetitive) regardless of cultural differences is some what over done these days. It is a notion that needs to evolve in its functional use for story telling. Hopefully where it is not longer the core of a story but an assumed trait perhaps. This is only a personal preference though and I acknowledge that not everyone thinks it is an trope that has become unreasonably popular.
    2claudio_carvalho

    Awful, Boring and Pointless Movie

    In 1944, the D-Day for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies has failed and Europe has not been released from the German forces. The men of an isolated Welsh village disappear and their wives believe that they have joined the resistance and soon German soldiers arrive at the village. The farmer Sarah Lewis (Andrea Riseborough) and the German Commander Albrecht (Tom Wlaschiha) befriend to each other along the year.

    "Resistance" is an awful, boring and pointless movie with one of the most stupid fictional story of the World War II. The pretentious story with the German basically winning the World War II associated to a dull romance simply goes nowhere and is a total waste of time and good cast. My vote is two.

    Title (Brazil): "Resistência" ("Resistance")
    rightwingisevil

    what is this for?!

    what this movie was trying to portray or to interpreted is completely beyond me to comprehend. the screenplay was one of the worst ones i've ever experienced, so hollow, so dreary, so pretentious and so nothing. what's the poetic beauty in it, like one reviewer claimed? a movie is not a abstract painting that you could have different interpretation you saw differently from the others.

    the sound effect is extremely bad. why? those thundering noises we usually heard only in the sci-fi movies when the alien spaceships attacking the earth but they constantly appeared in this film, making me think those noises might have come from the German bombers invaded the airspace before dropping big bombs. there were several females in this dreary scenario, some local males showed up or disappeared. some battle-hardened German soldiers who fell for the two local young women...but wtf?! this film tried all the ingredients to be nostalgic, poetic, romantic, harsh, cold, cold blood, goodwill....everything that you could think about, but in the end only a BIG NADA. i've tried so hard to get a grip of this movie's deep meaning, tried to understand why it should be made, to tell about....WHAT? then, it suddenly turned into an abstract messy crap.

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    • Trivia
      The setting of the novel and the film is The Olchon, a real valley in the Welsh borders.
    • Goofs
      The main farm has electricity which is unlikely in the 1940s but various scenes are lit by candle ( German cook ) in the kitchen and oil lamp. The script definitely refers to the shortage of oil.
    • Soundtracks
      Venetian Boat Song
      [from "Songs without words, Op. 19, No. 6 in G Minor"]

      Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

      Recorded at British Grove Studios

      Solo Piano performed by Fiona Dalzell

      Engineer: Martin Hollis

      Assistant Engineer: Joe Kearns

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    • Release date
      • November 25, 2011 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kháng Cự
    • Filming locations
      • Wales, UK
    • Production companies
      • Big Rich Films
      • Film Agency for Wales
      • SquareOne Entertainment
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $68,548
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 32m(92 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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