The Zookeeper’s Wife(bc sunday)
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain stars in The Zookeeper’s Wife in the title role of Antonina Żabińska, a real-life working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during WWII. Niki Caro (Whale Rider, North Country) directs the movie from a screenplay by Angela Workman, adapted from Diane Ackerman’s nonfiction book of the same name which was based on Antonina’s diaries. A film written and directed by women, about an unheralded female heroine. The project made it to the big screen after a decade as all concerned took inspiration from the real-life woman whose story they would be telling.
Director
Niki Caro
Cast
Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Johan Heldenbergh
Release Date
15-04-2018
Language
English, German(In Parts)
Run Time
126 minutes