The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
Marcel
George S. Patton
Emma
Klaus Barbie
Elsbeth
Georges Loinger
Alain
Mila
Flora
Charles Mangel
Max Rheinemert
Frederique
Dominique
Regine
Father Montluc
Sigmund (Elsbeth's Father)
Judith (Elsbeth's Mother)
Vichy Officer
The film spends so much time moving Mangel from one place to another and having self-reflective moments with his co-stars that the film fails to really highlight his accomplishments or how he actually achieved them. Instead, it favours grandiose characters, weak attempts at tension, false love interests and incomplete arcs. Yet another case of when great stories happen to not-so-great filmmakers. Marcel Mangel <i>and</i> Marcel Marceau deserve better. - Jess Fenton Read Jess' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-resistance-oy-vey-an-insult-to-a-hero-and-a-genius
Marcel
George S. Patton
Emma
Klaus Barbie
Elsbeth
Georges Loinger
Alain
Mila
Flora
Charles Mangel
Max Rheinemert
Frederique
Dominique
Regine
Father Montluc
Sigmund (Elsbeth's Father)
Judith (Elsbeth's Mother)
Vichy Officer
The film spends so much time moving Mangel from one place to another and having self-reflective moments with his co-stars that the film fails to really highlight his accomplishments or how he actually achieved them. Instead, it favours grandiose characters, weak attempts at tension, false love interests and incomplete arcs. Yet another case of when great stories happen to not-so-great filmmakers. Marcel Mangel <i>and</i> Marcel Marceau deserve better. - Jess Fenton Read Jess' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-resistance-oy-vey-an-insult-to-a-hero-and-a-genius