Resistance, 2020. Written and Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Edgar Ramírez, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Bella Ramsey, Géza Röhrig, Karl Markovics, Alicia von Rittberg, Vica Kerekes, and Ed Harris. SYNOPSIS: The story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans […]
Jesse Eisenberg is Marcel Marceau in trailer for World War II drama Resistance
IFC Films has released a trailer for the upcoming drama Resistance. Written and directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, the film tells the story of Marcel Marceau (Jesse Eisenberg) before he became a world-famous mime and explores his work with the French Resistance during World War II. Joining Eisenberg in the cast are Ed Harris, Clémence Poésy, […]
Haley Bennett to join Jesse Eisenberg in WWII drama Resistance
The Girl on the Train and The Magnificent Seven star Haley Bennett is in talks to join writer-director Jonathan Jakubowicz’s World War II drama Resistance, where she’ll appear alongside Jesse Eisenberg (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) and German actor Matthias Schweighoefer (Kursk). The film sees Eisenberg as Marcel Marcaeu, a mime artist who was […]
Jesse Eisenberg to play mime Marcel Marceau in Resistance
Jesse Eisenberg is set to star in a biopic as the famous French mime Marcel Marceau in Resistance. Rather than focus on his career as a mime, the film will tell the story of Marceau’s work within the French Resistance during World War II. It will be written and directed by Hands of Stone’s‘Jonathan Jakubowicz. Marceau’s […]