THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE – Biography/Drama/History (2017) – Rated M
They gave all they had to save all they could…
Adapted from Dianne Ackerman’s book, The Zookeeper’s Wife is based on a true story. It is Poland, 1939 and Dr Jan Zabinski (Johan Heldenbergh) and his wife Antonina (Jessica Chastain) run the flourishing Warsaw Zoo. When Poland is invaded by the Germans, the couple is forced to report to the Reich’s newly appointed chief zoologist Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl) who proposes a new breeding programme for the zoo. Antonina and Jan fight back and also begin to work with the Resistance, using the zoo’s abandoned animal cages and underground tunnels to house Jews, thus saving them from certain death.
Courage, duplicity, loyalty and survival are the key themes of this gripping drama that offers a unique and refreshingly different perspective of this time in history. All the performances are excellent in this potent and thought provoking film; it’s an involving, heartfelt and moving experience. Don’t miss it!
(Source: Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile)
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Johan Heldenbergh, & Timothy Radford
- 7pm Tuesday 15th August 2017 – Rated M
- TCH (Triabunna Community Hall) 3 Vicary St., Triabunna
- Doors open @ 6.30pm – Film Starts @ 7pm (Session finishes approx. 9.40pm)
- All tickets are only $5.00 each
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