One Life

April 29, 2024 2:00 PM

London broker Nicholas "Nicky" Winton helps rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia in a race against time before the Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, he's still haunted by the fate of those he wasn't able to bring to safety. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonehm Carter, Jonathan Price and Lena Olin. Best Narrative Feature: Palm Springs International Film Festival. Cinema for Peace Award. British Film Designers Guild Award.

Based on the book If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, ONE LIFE tells the incredible, emotional true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton (Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children before Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, Nicky (Hopkins) is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England. It’s not until the BBC show “That’s Life!” re-introduces him to some of those he helped rescue that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he carried – all the while skyrocketing from anonymity to a national hero.

As we continue to grapple with today’s issues of war, refugee crisis and growing antisemitism, the film’s relevance is so troubling that you cannot fail to be moved by it - Rex Reed, Observer
“One Life” tells a story that needed to be told and tells it impeccably - Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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Film Date Sponsor: Dundas Valley Sunrise Rotary Club

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13097932/

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