The medals that the grandfather wears on his coat for large parts of the movie are the general medal for voluntary military service and the Verdun campaign medal. He mentions that he fought at the Battle of Verdun (1916), the bloodiest battle of the First World War in which more than half a million French soldiers died, as well as 400,000 Germans.
Waiting for Anya, is a film adaptation of the book by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo. The book was first published in Great Britain in 1990.
The film stars Noah Schnapp, Thomas Kretschmann, Frederick Schmidt, Jean Reno, and Anjelica Huston. The film premiered at the 2020 Miami Jewish Film Festival and was released on 7 February 2020.
Waiting for Anya (2020) is an historical war drama film co-written and directed by Ben Cookson. He and Toby Torlesse adapted the Michael Morpurgo 1990 novel of the same name.
PROLOGUE: "Summer 1942. The world is at war. Following the fall of France to Hitler's armies, the country is divided in two. Paris and the North are overseen by a German military administration. Forced deportations have begun ...."
[A father sneaks his young daughter away from a German deportation train in his village to a woman on a commuter train.]
"The South of France, however, remains free from Nazi interference. In the village of Lescun, high in the Pyrenees, life continues as it has for generations."
[A father sneaks his young daughter away from a German deportation train in his village to a woman on a commuter train.]
"The South of France, however, remains free from Nazi interference. In the village of Lescun, high in the Pyrenees, life continues as it has for generations."
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