Films created by the conveyor method are a separate art form.
There was an idea to shoot about the adventures of Marcel Marceau in the war. What did he do interesting? Save Jewish children? Great! Get to work!
Take the standard backbone of a movie about fighting good with the Nazis, add Marcel and the children who have to be saved. We will sprinkle this case with completely flat characters with whom you can contact.
Next, we throw a set of scenes for the declared timekeeping, emphasizing the goodness of good characters and the brutal guts of bad ones, and in production!
The result was a product whose name was legion. Quality is somewhat above average, thanks to high-quality scenery, creating a fairly authentic atmosphere and a good cast.
In fact, a completely passable film, leaving nothing after watching.
6 out of 10
The script is weak, but the entourage is completed, and the emotions in the interpretation of the viewer depend on the actors’ play. And that's a total failure. I don't believe it! Stanislavsky cries.
The only person close to real emotions is the girl Elsbeth (Bella Ramsay). Adult actors do not reach or even try. The performer of the role of Marceau could pull the picture to a decent level, but it was not Jesse Eisenberg with his poorly learned pair of basic movements mime hands. Jesse is not about strong emotions, especially the inner strength of experiences and the fight against the Holocaust - such energy and love / pain of loss should at least try to partially personally realize and feel before the role, to understand how people could live with such feelings to convey to the viewer. Jesse's a complete dummy here. Sorry for the time spent watching the scenery. . .
Few people know for sure the story of the great artist mime Marcel Marceau. In his time, he did much to save many Jewish, physically disabled or mentally retarded children. Naturally, when he was a poor artist, working in a cabaret, people did not pay much attention to him because of the image of Chaplin, which many seemed to be performed by Hitler. Especially for his father... With the appearance of the first children in France, he immediately wins the attention and hearts of children who have lost their families.
Of course, this should not have gone on forever. After the capture of Poland by German troops, the French government begins the evacuation in 10 days. But for how long? Therefore, with the support of Emma’s faithful friend, his brother, he decides to take a desperate step, to go not on the path of revenge for brave comrades because they clearly would not want this, but rather would like to save the children. The future is in his hands.
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg has risen in my eyes in many ways, and it wasn’t just Lex Luthor, Columbus in his performance, or even Marcel. I'm just used to him as an actor who finally earned my trust. In his early days, Marcel was the lost, selfish mime he had always been, but he later fell in love with the children and taught them to survive by producing a stunning pantomime, applying the skill of squatting on a tree. It is amazing how the artist’s talent helped him achieve his goal, and although his father could only believe in his talent at the end, he was clearly proud of his son. And he himself discovered a long-lost dream.
Klemance Poetry became the very Emma, which secretly tries to bring her mother to Marcel, the son of a butcher. Her broken spirit can only be supported in time of war by Marcel’s humour and teachings.
What about those who died?
- And why would they want us to risk our lives trying to avenge them or to save orphans?
Vice Kerekesh got much more screen time than Colonel Patton (Ed Harris), but it is noticeably less than in the previous war film '7 Days of Sins' (where I remember her more). Her role is also undoubtedly important, as an impetus to encourage the heroes to take a serious action.
Matisse Schweighöfer, or rather his character Barbier is a real monster, and I do not know if it is possible to ironize on this topic, but he is still busy with producers! Ruthless trial, jury and executioner in one person. But this hero is not devoid of humanity, since it makes sense to live for his daughter and wife. No wonder he ended his years in prison until he died in 1991.
All the rest: the stunning camera work Miguel John Littin Mens is breathtaking, covering the picturesque views of villages, cathedrals and Swiss forests in the Alps. Angelo Milli made a growing musical accompaniment, not inferior to Newton Howard.
Impressions: I do not know how true the biography of the great Marcel described in the film Honatan Yakubovich (do not compare him with Leonid Arkadyevich from ' Fields of Miracles' please.), but you must show this film to your children if you want to show not the horrors of war in too dramatic war films. Of course, Soviet films are also important, but it is easier to show what a great feat such amazing and inventive people decided on. Love, support, and self-sacrifice are the things worth living for.
By the way, why wasn’t this movie featured in the recent goofy Oscars? He is stronger than most of the mentioned there ' minarii (weeds)'.
Jesse Eisenberg ('Social Network', 'The Illusion of Deception') has arguably the best career role here. He acts as the future famous mime Marcel Marceau. Who became famous after World War II. This is why General de Gaulle awarded him the Legion of Honor. For his involvement in the French Resistance. For fighting Nazism underground. To save Jewish children from destruction. Marcel Marceau's talent helped him quickly find a common language with children, and communication with the help of pantomime gradually developed his talent. Eisenberg's compressions organically fit into the image of a mime. The actor showed a miracle of transformation, becoming plastic and expressive.
Some other characters are assembled according to patterns. Nazi executioner Barbier (Barbie) standard ' villain from hell', underground girls are naive girls, and children are always just children, they do not fake if selected for filming correctly.
A big plus of the film in the variety and active change of scenes. The action covers the period from 1938, when in front of a teenage girl, the Nazis kill both her parents, to the beginning of the Nuremberg trial in 1945, where Marcel Marceau first spoke to a large crowd. Also plus I will take a certain ' glossy' (here is the face to the viewer) of the film, although someone would demand more psychology, more hate.
It is characterized by the rapid development of the plot and scene, which pump suspense, excite, and even act on the nerves. As a result, 'Resistance' looks fascinating. In the spirit of adventurous adventure. Different parts of the audience will see it differently.
Young Marcel grows up in a butcher family in Strasbourg. He secretly performs in a cabaret as a clown or pantomime artist. His father scolds him for being selfish. The hero suddenly sees Jewish children being transported from abroad (some foundation buys them from the Nazis) and is imbued with the desire to help them. Children respond well to its plasticity, make contact and become inquisitive students. War flares up, France is occupied, and the circumstances of the heroes change: they flee to the south, and then try to escape in Switzerland.
Director Honatan Yakubovich (he escaped from Venezuela!) competently manages to show extreme and torture, which creates ' Lyon executioner' Barbie. And the shootings, and the sado-masochistic delight with which the maniac executes his victims. Without this kind of exacerbation, the film would be more like a TV series.
In pursuit of suspense and entertainment, the authors inserted two mutually exclusive scenes into the film. Marcel Marceau transported orphans to Switzerland several times. And he and a group of kids lit up on the train and in the alpine forest during the first attempt. It would be necessary to leave only one of their skirmishes with the Lyon executioner & #39;. Or remove the executioner from the chase. Anyone who watches the movie will understand why. And if he thinks more, he'll understand why he left both. The audience needs to be entertained!
VERDICT: The theme of the Holocaust and resistance to the Nazis during the Second World War in different countries – ' beat' at the maximum. But the authors managed to create a boring and exciting story that will not leave indifferent even the casual viewer.
The Holocaust is without a doubt one of the worst tragedies in human history. It is inconceivable that such a paranoid atrocity existed in the seemingly enlightened twentieth century. This horror and chaos affected many countries and destinies. First of all, the picture 'Resistance' tells about it.
The main character is a real person, Marcel Marceau. In addition to his fame as a pantomime artist, he was an active member of the French Resistance. He selflessly helped Jewish orphans, sheltered them and educated them. And many friends of Marceau considered him a complete egoist. Which, of course, is not true.
'Resistance' is an incredibly heavy emotional picture. In any scene where the ubiquitous Nazis appear, the strongest tension is created. This is the level of suspense that you really exhale after. Overall, the film is wonderfully written and fully reveals both Marceau himself and the important people in his life.
Speaking of Marceau. His role was played by American actor Jesse Eisenberg. It is known that many viewers are annoyed by his play, too theatrical. But it is in the image of Marceau that the actor looks very, very organic. All of his condensations fully correspond to the role of the mime.
'The Resistance' is an important film about the Holocaust, in which cruelty is not shown. Here you will not find mountains of disfigured bodies, but the movie is scary. And for real. This is a very moving war drama that I would recommend everyone to watch, especially before the ninth of May. It's important to remember.
I have nothing to say about the main character and his feat, but I really want to speak about Hollywood in the film.
Take one episode where Klaus almost catches the film's characters in a train car on his way to Switzerland, but lets go and they leave. Then he calmly returned to his home in another city, talked to his wife, and only there he was informed that those same children wanted to cross the border. And in the next shot, without explanation, he chases them fifty meters away. Let’s say he really managed to catch up with them, but how to find people in the forest, that’s the question.
As for the beginning and ending of the film, I’m very upset. Again, these speeches with loud words from the mouth of the commander of the unit of American soldiers. In the end, you will learn that Klaus Barbie was sentenced to death in 1987 and lived until 1991. And if you ask and google like this, you will learn that he escaped punishment in 1947 not by chance, the same year Barbie became an agent of the American secret service CIC and emigrated. I don't think it was an accident. Such examples are simply a hellish number and allies came to the rescue everywhere.
And I’m not even trying to talk about the one-sidedness shown in the film of history, one affected country, one affected city, one affected people, but let’s not talk about it.
My score is 6, there are no complaints about actors, costumes and scenery. But my indignation is not hidden, so it is.
Have a good time.
Most people may not know about Marcel Marceau, but until his death in 2007 he was the most famous mime in the world. But even those who recognize the name probably don’t know that Marcel was a true World War II hero, after receiving an award from the French government for saving Jewish refugee orphans from the Nazis. The film is dedicated to the personality of Marceau, both theatrical experience and heroic action: Meem, in the interpretation of the creators of the Resistance, is represented by a talented actor and a clever teacher who is able to calm the children while they are secretly transported to Switzerland. Given such a prominent person in the center of the narrative, it is rather strange that the Resistance came out as a dull project: it received neither extensive advertising, nor budget, nor even a famous director, which eventually resulted in a frivolous thriller on the topic of the Holocaust and neuroses.
So, arrogant Marcel works behind the counter of the store of his stern butcher father and dreams of becoming a comedian actor, like his idol Charlie Chaplin. Marcel just needs to be steered in the right direction. He spends his time looking for the right audience for his pantomime performances and finds that children are the only spectators who appreciate Marceau’s art. This is how Marcel becomes a member of the French Resistance: he is motivated by good intentions, love for a beautiful blonde and the fate of unhappy children.
The film tells about the German invasion of France in 1940 and the consequences of the establishment of the puppet regime of Vichy. It is in this context that the script reveals another historical figure – the infamous “Butcher of Lyon” Klaus Barbie. He is trying to exterminate everyone he considers an enemy of the Reich. The Resistance showcases many of his atrocities, including the torture and execution of prisoners in the pool of the Terminus Hotel. When Barbie appears on screen, the script is structured like a cat-and-mouse game between Marceau and the Gestapo, including long scenes of intellectual confrontation. It’s stressful at times, but for the most part it doesn’t quite fit the tone of the piece. The same Barbie character is written on the verge of parody; his confrontation with Marcel and other members of the French resistance is not calibrated at all.
In other words, the problem with Resistance is that an interesting and important story is presented in the least exciting way. From theatrical work to the atrocities of the Nazis, it smells artificial. In order for the viewer to be amazed, a certain level of illusion is needed, but the Resistance cannot give it: it never leaves the feeling that it is a film and it is the actors. Thus, the emotional component here is very low, and the moments that touch, made deliberately tragic.
In terms of implementation, the “resistance” is made at the level. Quite good scenery and costumes. Jesse Eisenberg's acting didn't underwrite either; the actor seems to have gotten a chance to reveal himself. Much more memorable are other actors: Clemence Poesy, Geza Roerig and Matthias Schweighofer. Ed Harris got a strange and not quite successful cameo.
A biographical drama on the theme of World War II eventually turns into a procedural development of events. There are several typical moments in the history of the origin of talent, as well as attempts to play military action. But what can not be forgiven is the glossy nature of what is happening: the poetry of the war to the Resistance is lacking, and instead Hollywood glamour was poured into the project. The real story is meant to be inspired by the human power of the spirit, and Resistance ... well, to be a film about Marcel Marceau, because it was the turn to film his story. Okay. For the tick.