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Resistance (2003 film)

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Resistance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTodd Komarnicki
Written by
Based onResistance
by Anita Shreve
Produced byLaurens Geels
Starring
CinematographyMarc Felperlaan
Edited byBert Rijkelijkhuizen
Music byAngelo Badalamenti
Production
company
First Floor Features
Distributed byA-Film Distribution (Netherlands)
Release date
  • June 12, 2003 (2003-06-12)
Running time
92 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Netherlands
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
Budget€16,000,000 (est.)

Resistance is a 2003 Dutch-American war film, directed by Todd Komarnicki and starring Bill Paxton, Julia Ormond, Philippe Volter, Sandrine Bonnaire, and Victor Reinier. It was written by Komarnicki and Anita Shreve, based on Shreve's 1995 novel of the same name. Resistance, with a 16 million euro budget, was the most expensive Dutch production ever at release.[1] Its theatrical run lasted for just one week.

Plot

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On 16 January 1944, a reconnaissance pilot survives a plane crash in Delahaut in German-occupied Belgium. The boy Jean Benoit finds the wounded pilot and takes him to the house of Claire and Henri Daussois who belong to the Belgian Resistance. As soon as Major Theodore 'Ted' Brice has recovered, he tells them that he needs to retrieve a book of codes, but the airplane is guarded by the Nazis. Meanwhile, Ted and Claire fall in love with each other. When three German guards that are protecting the debris of the airplane are executed, the Nazis select a group of villagers and hang them in a barn. When Henri finds that Ted and Claire are having a love affair, he betrays the pilot with tragic consequences.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Hans Beerekamp (May 8, 2004). "Resistance". Filmjaarboek 2003. International Theatre & Film books. pp. 164–165. ISBN 9789064036484.
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