2018 · war · drama · resistance
The Resistance Banker
Directed by Joram Lürsen2h 4m2018
In the occupied Netherlands during World War II, banker Walraven van Hall is asked to use his financial contacts to help the Dutch resistance. With his brother Gijs, he comes up with a risky plan to take out huge loans and use the money to finance the Resistance.
Our read: The Resistance Banker (2018) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded war · drama · resistance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured war / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- intense
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