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Writer Toby Torlesse, Toby Torlesse. Genre Drama. release date 2020. User Ratings 6 / 10. cast Thomas Kretschmann. Score 74 Votes. User Score Play Trailer Overview During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain. Featured Crew Ben Cookson Director, Writer You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up. Global s focus the search bar p open profile menu esc close an open window? open keyboard shortcut window On media pages b go back (or to parent when applicable) e go to edit page On TV season pages → (right arrow) go to next season ← (left arrow) go to previous season On TV episode pages → (right arrow) go to next episode ← (left arrow) go to previous episode On all image pages a open add image window On all edit pages t open translation selector ctrl + s submit form On discussion pages n create new discussion w toggle watching status p toggle public/private c toggle close/open a open activity r reply to discussion l go to last reply ctrl + enter submit your message → (right arrow) next page ← (left arrow) previous page.

Waiting for Anya Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Topics for Discussion and a Free Quiz on Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpurgo. Waiting for Anya is a novel by children's author Michael Morpurgo. This novel is about a small village in France that is invaded by German forces during World War II. The so-called Black Widow of the village, Madame Horcada, lives alone outside the village on her small farm. Everyone ignores her and is afraid of her. However, Jo discovers that Madame Horcada, with the help of her son-in-law, is offering protection to Jewish children who are attempting to escape over the border into Spain. This novel is not only a story of the heroes and enemies of history, but is also an inspiring story of how one village came together to do the right thing. Jo falls asleep while watching the family sheep, allowing a starving mother bear to get too close to the sheep. Jo runs into town for help and the men who remain, those who could not fight in the war, rush into the mountains to kill the bear. When they return, the men are triumphant, but Jo worries over the safety of his dog, Rouf. Jo goes into the mountain to find his dog and is shocked to discover Rouf has found a bear cub abandoned by the hunted mother bear. Not only this, but there is a man, a stranger to Jo, who has come to rescue the bear. The man asks Jo to forget he ever saw him, but Jo cannot resist finding out who he is. Jo and Rouf follow the man to Madame Horcada's farm. Madame Horcada is a lone figure in this village of companions, an oddity that many of the children fear. Jo is aware of this fear as he peeks inside the kitchen window of her house, attempting to learn who the man is. Just before Jo falls and gives away his presence, Jo learns the man is Benjamin, Madame Horcada's son-in-law. Jo returns to Madame Horcada's farm more than a month later, curious to learn the fate of the abandoned bear cub. Jo sneaks into the barn when he hears a noise, but instead of finding a bear cub, he finds a little girl. Benjamin catches Jo there and takes him into the house, where Benjamin and Madame Horcada tell him that the girl in the barn, Leah, is a Jew who is the sole survivor of her family. Benjamin explains about the atrocity being acted out against Jews in Germany and how he and his daughter, Anya, thought they were safe in Paris. When the Germans invaded Paris, Benjamin and Anya attempted to escape and were separated on the road. Benjamin has come to Madame Horcada's to wait for his daughter. While he waits, Benjamin plans to help as many Jewish children as he can escape into Spain. Jo agrees to keep Madame Horcada and Benjamin's secret. However, when he returns to the village, Jo learns that a regiment of German soldiers plan to move into the village so that they can easily patrol the nearby border with Spain. Jo waits until the following day to tell Madame Horcada, but when he arrives he learns that Benjamin attempted to take Leah across the border the night before and has failed to return. Jo finds Benjamin and Leah in the shed behind his father's shepherds' cottage in the mountains. Benjamin broke his ankle while attempting to run from a German patrol. Jo helps Benjamin and Leah return to Madame Horcada's farm. Over the next few months, Benjamin slowly heals and more children arrive. By the end of winter, Madame Horcada is attempting to care for a dozen children. Jo takes a job delivering food to Madame Horcada. One day, Madame Horcada asks Jo to ask his grandfather to buy her pigs from her. When his grandfather visits Madame Horcada, the man learns about the children and insists on helping. Grandfather creates a haven for the children in a cave in the mountains, successfully hiding them from the Germans. Jo's father returns unexpectedly from the war, angry and sullen. One day Jo's grandfather tells him about the children on Madame Horcada's farm. Together they devise a plan to sneak the children to Spain in front of the Germans. They decide to drive all the sheep in the village into the mountains and to hide the children in plain sight, pretending they are members of the various village families. The plan works, but unfortunately, Benjamin and Leah are caught after sneaking the children into Spain that night. Leah and Benjamin are sent to a concentration camp where it is presumed they were killed. The war ends shortly thereafter. Grandfather marries Madame Horcada. Jo takes on more responsibility around the home, taking the sheep into the mountains alone the following spring. One day, his family comes up to have a picnic. Jo learns that Anya has finally found her way home.

We think this movie stands out for: A lot or a little? The parents' guide to what's in this movie. If oppressed people band together, they can succeed over their oppressors. Positive themes/messages of courage, hard work, compassion, tolerance, integrity, teamwork. Positive Role Models & Representations Jo, Benjamin, Madame Horcada, and Henri are brave, putting their own lives on the line to save Jewish children. Eventually, the whole village works together to smuggle the kids to safety. Nazi Korporal tries to befriend youth of community; in getting to know his enemy, comes to realize what he's fighting for is wrong. Jo's friend Hubert has unidentified developmental disability, is never treated as "less than"; he's treated with love, inclusion, equality. Guns are a tension point. A teen is shot, killed on camera. Hunters kill an animal they believe is a threat (off camera), which is impetus for story to unfold. A dad hits his son; others instantly react that the behavior was wrong. A dog is found bloodied after an animal attack. Movie is about a village enduring Nazi occupation, and threat of extreme violence underlies every act. Soldiers behave in menacing manner; it's understood they could execute anyone at any time. People are forced to board a train; it's understood that they're traveling to their death. Children are shown being separated from their parents. A menacing Nazi uses the word "s--t" to mean animal waste. Drinking, Drugs & Smoking Many Nazi soldiers smoke, and buying or giving cigarettes as gifts (including from teens) happens a few times. Villagers drink to celebrate. A recently released prisoner of war gets drunk on several occasions, behaves badly. Stay up to date on new reviews. Get full reviews, ratings, and advice delivered weekly to your inbox. Subscribe User Reviews There aren't any reviews yet. Be the first to review this title. What's the story? In WAITING FOR ANYA, it's 1942, and World War II comes to a remote village in the French countryside. Jo ( Noah Schnapp), a teen shepherd, discovers a Jewish man hiding in the mountains and learns of a small operation to smuggle Jewish children to safety in Spain. When the Nazis occupy his community, Jo gets involved to save the kids' lives, even if that means risking his own. Is it any good? With this story, writer-director Ben Cookson aims to find a gentle way to introduce preteens to understanding the atrocities of World War II. In that way, it's similar to The Sound of Music. But the characters in Waiting for Anya aren't affluent Austrians singing happy songs. Rather, they're French villagers who find themselves in the middle of the Nazis' Jewish genocide due to their location as the last stop on the escape route to Spain. Two Nazi officers lead the operation: the cruel and terrible Lieutenant (Tómas Lemarquis) and the friendly and kind Korporal (Thomas Kretschmann). It's jarring to see a Nazi portrayed positively, but the point is to see the humanity in our enemies. Nazis rarely fall into that territory, and for good reason, but here we see that the Korporal is an independent thinker who isn't in goose step with the Fuhrer's goals. Sticking closely to Michael Morpurgo's 1990 children's novel from which it's adapted, Waiting for Anya is a hero's story told from a kid's perspective. Jo doesn't have a stake in the war: He's not Jewish or German, so in theory he just has to wait it out. But when he learns that the mysterious, kindhearted man he met in the woods (Frederick Schmidt) and the village's curmudgeon ( Anjelica Huston) are secretly whisking children to safety, he's compelled to get involved. The story is heartbreakingly earnest. But it's also a portrait of courage that tweens can connect with, since it's about a kid doing everything in his power to save other kids' lives. Still, even when the efforts are victorious, there's no sweet "Goodbye, Farewell. " Rather, there are several individual upsetting tragedies that help young viewers understand that in war, even when you win, you lose. Talk to your kids about... Families can talk about what preteens and teens know about the Holocaust. What upset them in Waiting for Anya? Why? Ask your kids whether they think people can be both good and evil at the same time. Then you can talk about how the Holocaust was kept secret. Was it actually hidden, or did people know and simply look the other way? How does watching a historical story told from a kid's perspective affect your enjoyment of it? When you realize you're watching a true story, does it change the impact the movie makes on you? Is there any inspiration you can find in Jo's heroism that you could use in your daily life, when the stakes aren't life or death? How do Jo, Benjamin, Madame Horcada, and Grandpère demonstrate courage, compassion, teamwork, and integrity? Why are these important character strengths? Do any other characters in this movie show these qualities? What about the Korporal? In what ways does his complicated character demonstrate empathy? In what ways is he reprehensible? Themes & Topics Great Boy Role Models See all Our editors recommend Powerful story of boys' WWII survival has peril, violence. Holocaust drama sensitive, but never sentimental. Must-read true story of courage, heroism, and heartbreak. Emotional WWII drama explores loss, literacy, and love. Outstanding family film features glorious music. Poignant adaptation is still powerful decades later. Uneven but amusing WWII satire has violence, hate speech. Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners. See how we rate.

Much of my work comes out of the blue with hardly any notice at all and thats exactly what happened last week when I received a call from film pr, Eric Woollard-White, asking if I could travel to France, a couple of days later to cover a film set visit by the author Sir Michael Morpurgo. His novel ‘Waiting for Anya’ has been adapted for screen by young screenwriter Toby Torlesse for Goldfinch Studios. Directed by Ben Cookson with a very cool cast including Jean Reno, Anjelica Huston and rising star Noah Schnapp, Stranger Things, this has all the ingredients of a great film. We drove down to Lescun on the French/Spanish boarder on Friday, shot both stills and video all day Saturday and then drove all the way back Sunday. Great road trip! Noah posted a short teaser clip from the interview I shot on his Instagram page which had over 800, 000 views. Well done young man! Copyright – Goldfinch Studios BTS stills ‘Waiting for Anya’. Goldfinch Entertaiment. Lescun, France. 23/03/2018. Photos by Chris Lopez 2018.

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