The Opening Night Film of this year's New York Jewish Film Festival has me wondering why it was held back from opening in the US until after the 2023 award season. Easily one of the best films of the year and containing the best work by Anthony Hopkins in years, ONE LIFE is a glorious celebration of one man and his friends who chose to do the right thing for as long as he could.
The film is the story of Nicholas Winton, who in months before the Second World War began rescues 669 children from Czechoslovakia. It was a story he didn't talk about until the BBC caught wind of it.
This film reduced me to a sobbing mess. In an age of hate it is wonderful to be reminded that there are good people out there who will do the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do.
Featuring a beautiful performance by Hopkins and matched by Johnny Flynn as Winton as a young man, ONE LIFE pays glorious tribute not only to Winton but also the other men and women who helped him.
I both am at a loss of words of words and desperate to talk about it.
Because the festival asked for reviews to be short I'm going to simply say this is the first great film of 2024.
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