However, she managed to keep her head up, preserve what remained of the zoo, and help as many people as she could to survive the war. The zoo's beautiful exhibits were destroyed by bombs, animals died or escaped, and German soldiers harassed her family over the course of several terrifying incidents. When the war arrived at her doorstep, she was forced to watch everything she loved slowly be dismantled. She carried out her extensive duties at the zoo, entertained many important guests that came to see the animals, raised her own small son, and cared for an unusual menagerie of pets at home, including such varied species as lynxes, otters, and a badger. Her life at the zoo prior to the war was idyllic and busy. The story focuses mainly on Antonina, who is described as a strong woman who has a special gift with animals. By maintaining an elaborate system of coded language and subterfuge, Antonina and Jan evaded discovery by the Germans and helped the fight against Nazi oppression. They also aided Polish resistance fighters, regularly giving them a place to lay low when needed. After Nazis bombed their zoo in Warsaw, they managed to save over 300 Jewish people by hiding them inside their empty animal cages and zoo buildings. The Zookeeper's Wife tells the true story of Polish zookeepers Antonina Zabinski and her husband Jan. When The Zookeeper's Wife went on sale on Amazon, I decided to give this nonfiction WWII story a try. I want to go back to that novel eventually, but I figured that I had better start with something else for now. I started listening to Stephen King's It on Audible during my runs, but injuries and illness made my running sporadic for a few months and I lost my place in it. I looked at a bunch of lists of books being turned into movies this year and discovered that I had already read most of the ones that interested me.
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It was to read a book that's becoming a movie in 2017. Unless you care about box office.My last regular category in the Popsugar Challenge was a bit of a toughie. Don't worry though, no one saw The Huntsman so you might have dodged that. Why didn’t you follow Blunt and Charlize Theron’s lead and chew some scenery? You weren’t hunting Bin Laden after all, it was a fantasy.
She was totally lost in The Huntsman, didn’t get the tone and was serious when fun and campy was called for. Are you ready Jess?īut isn’t December too late to make an impact? Haven’t we learned anything from A Most Violent Year (2014)? Yes Jessica you should be concerned.Īwards aside, we would like to see Chastain give another great performance. Even Jessica is not sure.Ĭan this movie get Chastain into the very competitive looking best actress race this year? Some have already been raved at Cannes (Ruth Negga), some are reprising their Tony winning performance (Viola Davis), some have overdue narratives that dwarf Chastain’s (Pfeiffer, Bening), some are starring in popular book adaptations (Emily Blunt) and then there is Emma Stone who everyone just fell in love with yesterday.
Hmmm is this an exciting announcement or will it become this year’s Truth (2015)? An interesting story with a marquee actress at the center that gets lost in the midst of awards season because no one cares enough to go out and see it.
Good cast Jessica, are you excited? ( A Gif story after the jump)
The supporting cast includes Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alison Pill, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jake Lacy, Sam Waterston and John Lithgow. It's a timely topic that we hope is handled with the care it deserves. In the John Madden ( Shakespeare in Love, The Debt) directed movie, Chastain is Elizabeth Sloane, a DC lobbyist battling for gun control legislation. The Zookeeper’s Wife - a WW2 drama directed by Niki Caro - will be released next March while Miss Sloane is coming this December. Jessica Chastain's upcoming movies have been shuffled around.
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