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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
    Alexander Dreymon
    Alexander Dreymon
    • Steiner
    • (as Alexander Doetsch)
    Tom Wlaschiha
    Tom Wlaschiha
    • Albrecht
    Kimberley Nixon
    Kimberley Nixon
    • Bethan
    Melanie Walters
    • Helen Roberts
    Stanislav Yanevski
    Stanislav Yanevski
    • Bernhardt
    • (as Stanislav Ianevski)
    Sharon Morgan
    Sharon Morgan
    • Maggie
    Tomos Eames
    Tomos Eames
    • Tom Lewis
    Anatole Taubman
    Anatole Taubman
    • Sebald
    George Taylor
    George Taylor
    • Gernot
    Matt Hookings
    Matt Hookings
    • German Soldier
    Simon Armstrong
    Simon Armstrong
    • George's Father
    Jassa Ahluwalia
    Jassa Ahluwalia
    • Russian Partisan
    • (voice)
    Nia Gwynne
    Nia Gwynne
    • Sian
    Mossie Smith
    • Ruth
    Alexandra Van Ufford
    • Emma Griffiths
    • Director
      • Amit Gupta
    • Writers
      • Amit Gupta
      • Owen Sheers
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    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.
    10stephenurie123

    Moving, poetic, haunting.

    Resistance is a war movie like no other I have seen. It is probably more accurate to describe it as a film about humanity found in war. This probably marks it out as an anti-war movie if anything and is clearly not to everyone's taste. It is, however, to mine, and I have found myself thinking about the film for many days after seeing it.

    It is a film which stays with you. It is also a film that perhaps expects rather a lot from the audience, for which I and my wife were incredibly grateful, as this is increasingly uncommon.

    I would recommend you to see this film if you like ideas, beauty and no easy answers. The performances are uniformly stunning and the photography, breathtaking. Don't see it if you expect to be told what to think. This is a film about difficult questions in extreme circumstances and as such demands commitment.
    8isab-castro

    Liked it very much

    I bought the film, because I was curious about it. I like war films, and this sounded different from the others. And why some of the critics were good,and others put the film completely down? I knew Tom Wlaschiha from Game of Thrones and so many people had a very good opinion about is job. So I had to see it. And I am not disappointed. It's a film about emotions, relationship that shows the human side of people in such a devastating scenario that was the WWII. It makes us think. It makes us believe that people in certain circumstances, can join forces and work together. We don't need to see fights, people being killed, because that we had seen a lot. So, don't criticize so hard this film, because it deserves consideration. You can also read the book of Owen Sheers. Maybe some of the people will understand it better.It has o low budget. What's the problem? There are so many Hollywood films that don't deserve the money spent. I give my congratulations to the lead cast, because they are fabulous.
    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.
    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.

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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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