Waiting for Anya

Thriller / Drama

Completed

Based on the novel of the same name by Sir Michael Morpurgo (War Horse)

Director: Ben Cookson (Almost Married)

Cast: Noah Schnapp (Stranger Things, Bridge of Spies), Jean Reno (Godzilla, Alex Cross, Léon: The Professional), Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, The Addams Family, Daddy Day Care), Thomas Kretschmann (The Pianist, King Kong), Elsa Zylberstein (Bel Canto, Un + une) and Frederick Schmidt (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Supergirl, Patient Zero)

Producers: Phin Glynn and Alan Latham (Mad to Be Normal, You, Me and Him)

During World War II a young boy, Jo, stumbles upon a dangerous secret: children are being smuggled out of Nazi-occupied France to the safety of Spain. When German soldiers move into town, things become even  more dangerous. Jo and his grandfather Henri devise a plan with the help of Benjamin and the Widow Horcada to stage one last daring effort to get all of the children across the border to safety.