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The film premiered at the Miami Jewish Film Festival on 16 January 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on 7 February 2020 by Vertical Entertainment and in the United Kingdom on 21 February 2020.
Waiting for Anya is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, first published in Great Britain in 1990, by William Heinemann. It is set in Lescun, in a mountainous region of southern France on the border with Spain. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. It was adapted as a film of the same title released in 2020.
- Michael Morpurgo
- 1990
Feb 7, 2020 · Waiting for Anya: Directed by Ben Cookson. With Noah Schnapp, Thomas Kretschmann, Frederick Schmidt, Tómas Lemarquis. 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.
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- Drama, Thriller, War
- Ben Cookson
- 2020-02-07
Waiting for Anya in US theaters February 7, 2020 starring Noah Schnapp, Anjelica Huston, Jean Reno, Joséphine dela Baume. A teenage shepherd boy (Noah Schnapp) and a reclusive widow Horcada (Anjelica Huston) help smuggle Jewish children into Spain in the World W.
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- Tomas Lemarquis
- Ben Cookson
Feb 7, 2020 · A boy and a reclusive widow work together to smuggle Jewish children into Spain during World War II.
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- Noah Schnapp
- Ben Cookson
- Goldfinch Studios
Feb 7, 2020 · The film is based on a popular YA book by Michael Morpurgo, author of The War Horse, and it is inspired by French villagers who rescued Jewish children from the Nazis by smuggling them over the mountains into Spain.
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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.
